Outrage
Published on 4. February 2025
Book
Hardback
196 pages
978-1-912559-63-3 (ISBN)
Description
In 1955, Britain's most prestigious architectural magazine, The Architectural Review, published a special issue featuring a single essay by Ian Nairn, a famously opinionated (and untrained) architectural critic. Based on?observations made on a journey Nairn took across the UK in a Morris Minor, Outrage is a searing critique of urban sprawl, or 'Subtopia'. In this manifesto, Nairn warns that 'if what is called development is allowed to multiply at the present rate', Britain's natural - and urban - landscapes will lose their individuality and spirit. A call-to-arms against the 'greying out' of our towns and countryside before it's too late, Outrage is widely considered to be Nairn's masterpiece.
Reviews / Votes
'An essential volume for anyone who minds about why our country looks as it does.' -- Simon Heffer * Telegraph * 'a fantastic read, with a pithy new introduction' * C20 Magazine * 'Notting Hill Editions's reissue is characteristically handsome.' * Times Literary Supplement *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Black and white illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 185 mm
Width: 114 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912559-63-3 (9781912559633)
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Ian Nairn (1930-1983) was a British architectural critic and topographer who coined the term 'subtopia' for the areas around cities that had in his view been failed by urban planning. In the 1960s he contributed to the volumes on Surrey and Sussex in Nikolaus Pevsner's Buildings of England series and published a number of his own books, including Nairn's Paris, Nairn's Towns and Modern Buildings in London, published by Notting Hill Editions. Travis Elborough is the author of many books, including The Long-Player Goodbye, Through the Looking Glasses: The Spectacular Life of Spectacles and Atlas of Vanishing Places, winner of Edward Stanford Travel Book Award in 2020.