Exercise Essay: Guidebook review
Guidebooks in question: Buildings of England, London 4: North and The London Architecture Guide
Nikolaus Pevsner and Bridget Cherry’s book, The Buildings of England, London 4: North and the Iphone application, The London Architecture Guide, take different approaches in making London’s architectural history accessible. In this essay, I compare and contrast these two guides, ultimately demonstrating that although the application is easier to understand, Pevsner’s book has far more information. Finally I briefly outline how I might approach a similar guidebook.
Buildings of England, London 4: North is one over fifty Pevsner Architectural guides. Measured, the book is 225x125mm and about 80 mm thick with over …show more content…
Upon opening the book, there is an introductory overview of the architecture in Northern London. He begins with prominent landmarks in North London and follows with the area’s chronological history, gradually painting an image of North London in each century and noting when buildings and landmarks were established as well as when buildings were destroyed. Following this, the area is broken down into boroughs found in the table of contents with a diagram in the introduction to help the reader visualize where each borough is. In each borough’s chapter there is an alphabetically arranged gazetteer further segregating the borough in historic components, locations, and building types.
The London Architecture Guide is a free application made available by The Architecture Foundation and Brockton Capital. It was developed by QIP Creative and consolidates Edward Jones and Christopher Woodward’s Guide to the Architecture of London, a well known guide to London Architecture. The authors of the book and application hope that the app will develop Londoners’ engagement with the architecture of their city and provide visitors a comprehensive
Guidebooks in question: Buildings of England, London 4: North and The London Architecture Guide
Nikolaus Pevsner and Bridget Cherry’s book, The Buildings of England, London 4: North and the Iphone application, The London Architecture Guide, take different approaches in making London’s architectural history accessible. In this essay, I compare and contrast these two guides, ultimately demonstrating that although the application is easier to understand, Pevsner’s book has far more information. Finally I briefly outline how I might approach a similar guidebook.
Buildings of England, London 4: North is one over fifty Pevsner Architectural guides. Measured, the book is 225x125mm and about 80 mm thick with over …show more content…
Upon opening the book, there is an introductory overview of the architecture in Northern London. He begins with prominent landmarks in North London and follows with the area’s chronological history, gradually painting an image of North London in each century and noting when buildings and landmarks were established as well as when buildings were destroyed. Following this, the area is broken down into boroughs found in the table of contents with a diagram in the introduction to help the reader visualize where each borough is. In each borough’s chapter there is an alphabetically arranged gazetteer further segregating the borough in historic components, locations, and building types.
The London Architecture Guide is a free application made available by The Architecture Foundation and Brockton Capital. It was developed by QIP Creative and consolidates Edward Jones and Christopher Woodward’s Guide to the Architecture of London, a well known guide to London Architecture. The authors of the book and application hope that the app will develop Londoners’ engagement with the architecture of their city and provide visitors a comprehensive