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Outrage
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- Book Synopsis
- In 1955, Britain's most prestigious architectural magazine, The Architectural Review, published a special issue featuring a single essay by Ian Nairn, a famously opinionated (and untrained) architectural critic. Based on observations made on a journey Nairn took across the UK in a Morris Minor, Outrage is a searing critique of urban sprawl, or 'Subtopia'. In this manifesto, Nairn warns that 'if what is called development is allowed to multiply at the present rate', Britain's natural - and urban - landscapes will lose their individuality and spirit. A call-to-arms against the 'greying out' of our towns and countryside before it's too late, Outrage is widely considered to be Nairn's masterpiece.
- About The Author
- Ian Nairn (1930-1983) was a British architectural critic and topographer who coined the term 'subtopia' for the areas around cities that had in his view been failed by urban planning, losing their individuality and spirit of place. In the 1960s he contributed to the volumes on Surrey and Sussex in Nikolaus Pevsner's Buildings of England series and published a number of his own books, including Nairn's Paris, Nairn's Towns and Modern Buildings in London, all published by Notting Hill Editions.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781912559633
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions, (24 January 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 192
- Weight
- 238 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 190 x 120 x 15 mm
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