A UK architect and a Dutch art historian present a color-illustrated history of brickwork design, materials, and construction in architecture, from the Parthenon and medieval cathedrals to contemporary home and public buildings worldwide. Includes a glossary of terms. 9-3/4 x 10-7/8. Originally published by Breslich & Foss Ltd., London. Distributed in the US by Sterling. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The authors tracked down follies and explored the ideas which for centuries led British landowners to exercise their talents in such a form. It describes the post-modernist renaissance of folly architecture and the return of such architects as Peter Foster and Quinlan Terry to the folly idiom.
Follies are buildings which are fun-loving, engaging, whimsical. The result of 20 years of joint research, this book offers a guide to Britain''s follies and their close relatives, grottoes and garden buildings.'