Gavin Stamp (1948–2017)

Author of Edwin Lutyens: Country Houses

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About the Author

Gavin Stamp is the author of, among other titles, The English House, 1860-1914: The Flowering of English Domestic Architecture, Lutyens: New Delhi & the Monumental, & The Changing Metropolis: Earliest Photographs of London, 1839-1879. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Works by Gavin Stamp

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Edwin Lutyens: Country Houses (2001) 102 copies

Britain's Lost Cities (2007) 43 copies

The Changing Metropolis: Earliest Photographs of London, 1839-79 (1984) 40 copies

Lost Victorian Britain: A Pictorial Chronicle of Destruction (2010) 39 copies

Telephone Boxes (1989) 30 copies

The Memorial to the Missing of the Somme (2006) 27 copies

Great Perspectivists (1982) 26 copies

Alexander 'Greek' Thomson (1999) 26 copies

Gothic for the Steam Age: An Illustrated Biography of George Gilbert Scott (2015) 23 copies

The English House, 1860-1914: The Flowering of English Domestic Architecture (1986) 21 copies

Anti-Ugly: Excursions in English Architecture and Design (2013) 18 copies

Britain in the thirties (1980) — Editor and contributor — 15 copies

Victorian Buildings of London, 1837-87: An Illustrated Guide (1980) 13 copies

"Greek" Thomson: Neo-Classical Architectural Theory, Buildings and Interiors (1994) — Editor — 8 copies

Interwar: British Architecture 1919-39 (2024) 7 copies

An Architect of Promise - George Gilbert Scott Junior (1839-1897) and the Late Gothic Revival (2002) 6 copies

The Modern House Revisited - Twentieth Century Architecture 2 (1996) 3 copies

Saving a Century: The Victorian Society 1958-2008 (2008) 2 copies

Robert Weir Schultz, architect, and his work for the Marquesses of Bute an essay 1 copy

Silent cities : [catalogue of] an exhibition of the memorial and cemetery architecture of the Great War 1 copy

Classics debate: (Quinlan Terry) from Architects' Journal 16 March 1988 1 copy

End of the Line- the Future of London Underground's Past 1 copy

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Lutyens : The work of the English architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (1981) 37 copies

The Fallen: A Photographic Journey Through the War Cemeteries and Memorials of the Great War, 1914-18 (1990) — Introduction — 13 copies

The Antiquaries Journal 93 (2013) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Legal name: Stamp, Gavin Mark
Birthdate: 1948-03-15
Date of death: 2017-12-30
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Bromley, Kent, England, UK
Education: Dulwich College, London
University of Cambridge (Gonville and Caius College)
Occupations: architectural historian
universityprofessor
Relationships: Artley, Alexandra (spouse)
Hill, Rosemary (spouse)
Organizations: Glasgow School of Art (Mackintosh School of Architecture)

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Anti-Ugly: Excursions in English Architecture and… by Gavin Stamp

Stamp's opinions about good and bad architecture seem reasonable, and he is willing to change his mind from time to time. But a book about architecture really needs lots more illustrations and pictures than this one has. You'll be constantly googling these buildings to know what they are, unless perhaps you are an architecture buff who lives in England already. Still, there are lots of good stories and well-supported opinions here, particularly the author's scorn of most modern architects, but especially sculptors. Statues belong on plinths! Not on the ground where people can take selfies with them. I tend to agree.… (more)

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datrappert | Aug 31, 2023 |

The Changing Metropolis: The Earliest Photographs… by Gavin Stamp

Great old photos of London will be very entertaining and informative for anyone who is interested in the city, as a resident, a visitor, or just someone who reads a lot of books that are set there.

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datrappert | Oct 22, 2016 |