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Art & Architecture

Pool

A Dip into Outdoor Swimming Pools:
The History, Design and People Behind Them
by Christopher Beanland
Take a dip into the history, design, and people behind the
world’s most fascinating outdoor swimming pools.
he 1930s architecture of pools is often sleek and elegant, evoking speed
Tand efficiency—and this volume captures their unique beauty in a series
of spectacular photographs and archival images. It delves into their history:
the pools’ grand beginnings after the buttoned-up Victorian era, their fall-
ing popularity in the twentieth century, and the newfound appreciation
for the outdoor pool, or lido, and outdoor swimming today. Journalist and
architectural historian Christopher Beanland picks the very best examples
from around the world, including the nearly 450-foot-deep seawater pool in
Vancouver, Canada; Siza’s concrete sea pools in Porto, Portugal; the restored
art deco pool in Saltdean, UK, and the pool at the Zollverein Coal Mines in
Essen, Germany. There’s also information on lost lidos, background on the
architecture of the pools, and interviews with pool users around the globe
about why they swim.
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ISBN 9781849946230 • $29.95 ($39.95 CAN) • HC • 208 PP
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100 20th-Century Gardens & Landscapes

by Twentieth Century Society
Discover 100 of the most beautiful English gardens
and landscapes designed since 1914, courtesy of the
Twentieth Century Society.
ee how English gardens and landscapes have evolved over the last cen-
Stury, and how they complement buildings of the period. These stun-
ning examples, chosen by the Twentieth Century Society, move from the
Arts and Crafts garden and the garden city, through landscapes created for
mid-century housing, to the low-maintenance gardens of the 1980s and
recent trends for community and wildlife gardens. An introduction cov-
ers the development of garden and landscape design in the last 100 years,
while short essays discuss the influence of key C20 English gardens, like
Sissinghurst and Great Dixter; those who pioneered new plants and planting
styles (such as Margery Fish, Beth Chatto, and Piet Oudolf); and landscapes
APRIL 2020 in housing developments, new towns, and public spaces.
ISBN 9781849945295 • $35.00 ($47.50 CAN) • HC ALSO AVAILABLE
256 PP (all in color)
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100 Buildings 100 Years 50 Architects 50 Buildings 100 Churches 100 Years
ISBN 9781849941938 ISBN 9781849943420 ISBN 9781849945141
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