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Was there a George VI style? Now that the story of British architecture and design in the twentieth century is less often distorted by over-emphasis on the modern movement, the variety and quality of what was produced can be appreciated afresh. Alan Powers argues that new stylistic terms are needed for mid-century design, among them the concept of a 'George VI style'.

From: Apollo  |  Date: 10/1/2004  |  Author: Powers, Alan

Writing under his pseudonym, Peter F. Donner, in the Architectural Review in November 1941, Nikolaus Pevsner opened by stating that 'Every phase in history has its style permeating all its productions, whether of fashion or finance, of agriculture or architecture. Wherever you take a cross-section, you find a style of the day--complex of course, yet a style.' (1) On this occasion, Pevsner was examining changes in English architecture during the previous twenty years, and ...

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