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comprehensive tour of different bits of Britain, pointing out what he does and does not like, but always emphasising that it is a 'personal view'; that he does not expect everyone necessarily to agree with him, but would be delighted if they did. What he seeks to do is to stimulate discussion and foster awareness of our surroundings.
Makes a personal plea for urban development that preserves the unique character and tradition of towns and cities, arguing that architecture serves the aesthetic and practical needs of the average citizen
N2 - In 1989, Charles, Prince of Wales (now King Charles III), published A Vision of Britain: A Personal View of Architecture, a book promoting traditional over modernist architecture. He called for an architecture which could please the more traditional taste of ‘ordinary’ people.
A VISION OF BRITIAN should be a textbook in all secondary and high schools core curriculum, taught concurrent of just after the politics course. It should be part of a required first year course in all architecture, civil engineering, political [science], and city planning schools.
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- HRH The Prince of Wales
A VISION OF BRITIAN should be a textbook in all secondary and high schools core curriculum, taught concurrent of just after the politics course. It should be part of a required first year course in all architecture, civil engineering, political [science], and city planning schools.
25 de mai. de 2000 · Interior is otherwise clean with no writing, underlining or similar marks. There is very light foxing to the edges of the text block and a slight lean to the spine - otherwise in very good condition. Binding sound. RARE! - A Vision of Britain: A Personal View of Architecture
25 de mai. de 2000 · Available now at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN: 9780385269032 - Hardcover - Doubleday - 1989 - Condition: Very Good - Signed by Author(s) - 1st Edition - Very Good - SIGNED & INSCRIBED by PRINCE CHARLES to the previous owner (the well-known equestrian artist Henry Walter Koehler) on the title page.
