The Buildings of Green Park

A tour of certain buildings, monuments and other structures in Mayfair and St. James's

The Buildings of Green Park
Andrew Jones, Alain de Botton
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Hardback
h200 x 200mm - 168pg
8 Mar 2021 UK
Locally sourced in NZ eta 7-15 days
9781788841160
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Take a walk around a park trodden by many but known by few. From Lancaster House, venue of famous speeches and summits, to 100 Piccadilly, the stage of an ongoing Soviet-themed reality experience, The Buildings of Green Park captures the unseen history of these well-travelled streets. Green Park boasts a plethora of London landmarks, including Bridgewater House and the Canada Gates. The Buildings of Green Park gives each of these sites the attention they deserve, while also celebrating a multitude of overlooked buildings: those that are passed every day without comment from the guides. Local history, old photographs, paintings and floorplans offer a tantalising peek into the backstory behind these backdrops. Moving through the winter and into the spring, Andrew Jones' s crisp photography captures a London shaped by past, present and hopes for the future. SELLING POINTS: A detailed historical study of the buildings of Mayfair and St James' s Short, accessible and informative anecdotes about buildings and monuments Photographs accompanied by black-and-white pictures and period art 255 colour, 65 b/w illustrations
"This book is as beguiling as a book can be. . . From the first glimpse of its most agreeable small format - so satisfying to hold and with a cover that positively sings of the delights to be found within - you are charmed out of your wits. " -- Lucinda Lambton, The Oldie;
Andrew Jones' s Instagram takes us across sub-Saharan Africa, from the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Ivory Coast. For this project, he explores far closer to home. During the 2020 lockdown, Jones combined his outdoor exercise time with photographing buildings and monuments in his native Green Park. To preserve the character of this mid-Pandemic project, the pictures featured here have undergone minimal editing and the research is limited to the resources Jones had access to at the time. The result is an intriguing meld of highly localised travelogue and lockdown memento.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781788841160
Published: 8 Mar 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: ACC Art Books
Publisher: ACC Art Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 200mm
Width: 200mm
Pages: 168

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