Available September 2010 for £37.95
Hardback, 338 pages, 103 colour & 73 b/w illustrations
196mm x 256mm
William White
Pioneer Victorian Architect
Gill Hunter
ISBN 1 904965 26 8
William White (1825-1900) was one of the leading architects in Victorian England. His originality, sensitivity and vibrant use of colour put him at the forefront of the Gothic Revival from the late 1840s.
Referred to in his time as 'inventive and ingenious', he pioneered, for example, the use of double-glazing and wood-block flooring. His work is found not only throughout Britain but also in Ireland, South Africa and Madagascar. It encompassed cathedrals, churches, houses and parsonages, schools and commercial buildings, furniture, stained glass, ironwork and even the first frame rucksack.
White was a prolific writer and contributed to the architectural debates of his age. Working into the late Victorian period, he contributed to the development of the Queen Anne style and the Arts & Crafts Movement.
Referred to in his time as 'inventive and ingenious', he pioneered, for example, the use of double-glazing and wood-block flooring. His work is found not only throughout Britain but also in Ireland, South Africa and Madagascar. It encompassed cathedrals, churches, houses and parsonages, schools and commercial buildings, furniture, stained glass, ironwork and even the first frame rucksack.
White was a prolific writer and contributed to the architectural debates of his age. Working into the late Victorian period, he contributed to the development of the Queen Anne style and the Arts & Crafts Movement.
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