Grahame, Alice
Walter Segal: Self-Built Architect
- ISBN 13:
- 9781848223899
- author:
- Grahame, Alice
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 25.4 x 19.6 x 2.3 centimetres (1
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Architecture & Design, Individual Architects & Firms,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Walter Segal Self-built Architect by Alice Grahame and John McKean is a comprehensive study of the architect's life and work. The book explores Segal's formative years in Continental Europe, where he was exposed to the European avant-garde, and his subsequent career as an architect, marked by his unique approach to popular housing and his development of the timber-frame 'Segal system'. The author delves into Segal's professional practice, his use of writing and teaching to spread his ideas, and the evolution of his architecture towards this distinctive method. The book also examines the impact of Segal's work on social housing in London, particularly in two self-built public authority neighbourhoods that remain highly desirable today. This study offers a fascinating insight into Segal's legacy, exploring how his work continues to inspire new generations of architects and builders, and how his ideas about flexible, planet-friendly building systems remain relevant for the future.
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