519 pages. Cremation was rediscovered in the late nineteenth century, popularised in the twentieth, and now many of us are cremated after death. This method of disposal required a wholly unprecedented building type - both functional and symbolic -.

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T�tulo

Death Redesigned: British Cremation - History, Architecture and Landscape

Editor

Spire Books

Fecha de publicaci�n

2005

Idioma

Ingl�s

ISBN 10

1904965075

ISBN 13

9781904965077

Encuadernaci�n

Paperback

Estado

As New

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Architectural History

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Cremation was rediscovered in the late nineteenth century, popularised in the twentieth, and now more than two-thirds of us are cremated after death. This method of disposal required a wholly unprecedented building type - both functional and symbolic - set in a new landscape for mourning. The 251 crematoria in Britain have to suit both the practical and emotional needs of the religious and non-religious, Christians and those of other faiths. Yet until now they have not had the attention their importance and interest deserve. This book examines the special historical, social and cultural conditions that lie behind them. The buildings - some by leading architects - often display real architectural merit, and many are set in gardens representing the very finest traditions of twentieth-century landscape design. An illustrated gazetteer provides comprehensive information about each one.

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Professor Grainger is a Dean of London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. She is the leading authority on the late Victorian architect Ernest George and on the architecture of British crematoria.

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