A beautifully illustrated exploration and celebration of cooling towers, the monumental and imposing brutalist structures dotted around the UK that are relics of 20th-century industrial history and are disappearing fast.
A beautifully illustrated exploration and celebration of cooling towers, the monumental and imposing brutalist structures dotted around the UK that are relics of 20th-century industrial history and are disappearing fast.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
The Twentieth Century Society is a British charity that campaigns for the preservation of architectural heritage from 1914 onwards. They provide support and advice to architects and planning authorities to protect the best twentieth-century architecture and design, whether through listing or sympathetic development and management. In 2023, they launched a campaign to protect Britain's few remaining cooling towers.
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FOREWORD 6 INTRODUCTION 11 HISTORY 16 DESIGN AND ENGINEERING 34 LANDSCAPES 54 CULTURE 72 FUTURE 96 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 119 FURTHER READING 120 INDEX 121 PICTURE CREDITS 126