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Twentieth Century Architects: McMorran & Whitby

Edward Denison

  • Format: Book

  • Publisher: RIBA Publishing

  • Date Published: Oct 2009

  • Stock Code: 68621

  • ISBN: 9781859463208

  • Binding: Paperback

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McMorran & Whitby are a secret presence in post-war British architecture. Led from the late 1950s by Donald McMorran and George Whitby, the practice represented an unbroken development from the monumental inter-war classicism represented by figures such as Charles Holden and Sir Edwin Lutyens.

In seeking an alternative path for modern architecture, McMorran & Whitby produced durable buildings with a respect for context, but avoided any accusation of unimaginatively reproducing the past. Theirs was a progressive classicism full of invention and beauty. Being out of fashion, they suffered neglect but their work has increasingly won admirers and many of the buildings are now listed.

Many public institutions favoured their work, as Metropolitan Police stations and section houses, the Devon County Hall in Exeter, Nottingham University and the West Suffolk County Council buildings in Bury St Edmunds bear witness. For the City Corporation they built housing estates, the Wood Street Police Station and the extension to the Central Criminal Court, (The Old Bailey).

This book is the first major publication on McMorran & Whitbys work, with an inspiring combination of contemporary photography and previously unpublished archival material. It is an essential read for architects, students, and historians, not least because it uncovers and celebrates buildings outside the mainstream that we need to understand and cherish.

This book has been commissioned as part of a series of books on 20th Century Architects by RIBA Publishing, English Heritage and The Twentieth Century Society.

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About the Author

Edward Denison

Edward Denison is a heritage consultant, writer and architectural photographer specialising in architectural and urban history in a wide range of cultural contexts. His work for various international organisations, in places as diverse as Africa, China and Europe, regularly features in print, electronic and broadcast media internationally. Among his published works are several acclaimed and definitive studies, including McMorran & Whitby (RIBA Publishing, 2009), Modernism in China - Architectural Visions and Revolutions (Wiley, 2008), Building Shanghai - The Story of China's Gateway (Wiley, 2006) and Asmara ¬ Africa's Secret Modernist City (Merrell, 2003).

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