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020			_a0714838802 _qHardback
020			_a9780714838809 _qHardback
040			_aUniversiti Teknologi Brunei _beng _cUTB
084			_aNA737 JOH 1999
100	1		_aMcKean, John, _eauthor
245	1	0	_a Pioneering British high-tech : _b[Leicester University Engineering Building, Willis Faber & Dumas Building, Lloyd's Building / _cJohn Mcken, Ken Powell, Gabriele Bramente
260			_aLondon : _bPhaidon, _c1999 .
300			_a[180 pages] : _bColour illustrations ; _c30 cm
520			_aThese are three highly feted and ground-breaking Modern British buildings. The extremely influential Leicester University Engineering Department Building, with its powerful contradictory geometry, established the worldwide reputation of James Stirling. The glass facade of Foster's building for Willis Faber Dumas -- a mirror by day and transparent by night -- caused a sensation in 1974, was awarded the RIBA Trustees' Medal in 1990 and still commands attention. The 'mechanical cathedral' of Lloyd's in the heart of the City of London, was a radical development in the 1980s and epitomizes Rogers' concern with flexibility and technical imagery. By looking at the three key buildings in one volume the reader can chart the development of Modern British architecture and examine the distinctive approaches taken by the 'big three' exponents, as they were called at the Royal Academy exhibition in 1986.
650		4	_aArchitecture Modern _y20th century _zGreat Britian
700	1		_aPowell, ken, _eauthor
700	1		_aBramente, Gabriele, _eauthor
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998			_eBook _s850745 : 018551(H) c.1 UTB _xDonated by Pg Hj Ishakkumar Pg Hj Ibrahim
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