'Modelling the Metropolis: The Architectural Model in Victorian London'
Schedule
Thu Mar 23 2023 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm
Location
Humanities Bridgeford Street Room G33 | Manchester, EN
About this Event
B.15 Modelmaking workshop and Manchester Architectural Research Group (MARG) present: 'Modelling the Metropolis: The Architectural Model in Victorian London' book launch lecture by Dr Matthew Wells (https://www.msa.ac.uk/staff/mwells/)
Architectural models made nineteenth-century London. As the city grew it became the global centre of finance, industrial capitalism, and the British Empire. New buildings, urban spaces, and networks of infrastructure were demanded, constructed, and rebuilt. Models were a crucial medium of communication that enabled architects, politicians, and the wider public to conceive the city’s expansion of buildings and spaces.
Based on extensive research in archives, museums, and period publications, Modelling the Metropolis addresses not just architectural models but also an eclectic range of images and objects – from technical products to sculptures, diagrams to engravings, maps to photographs – that dramatize the politics and aesthetics of Victorian London.
Where is it happening?
Humanities Bridgeford Street Room G33, Room G33 Humanities Building, Manchester, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 0.00
