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Edinburgh Architecture Book : Gifford, McWilliam, Walker

Built Environment Publication by John Gifford, Colin McWilliam, David Walker

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Edinburgh

Hardcover – 22 Nov 1984

Edinburgh book

Edinburgh Architecture Book : Information

John Gifford, Colin McWilliam, David Walker

Briefly traces the development of the city, describes buildings of historic and architectural significance, and includes information about architects and architectural terms and styles.

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1984, Penguin Books, 736pp

Edinburgh Book

Hardcover: 736 pages
Publisher: Pevsner Architectural Guides; Revised edition edition (22 Nov. 1984)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 014071068X
ISBN-13: 978-0140710687
Product Dimensions: 50.8 x 50.8 x 50.8 cm

Colin McWilliam (1928–89) was a British architecture academic and author. Born in London, he graduated from the University of Cambridge and became Director of the Scottish National Buildings Record, then the Assistant Secretary of the National Trust for Scotland. He also directed architectural history and conservation at Edinburgh College of Art, and later Heriot-Watt University. He was a founder of the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Project, and was instrumental in setting up the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland. In the 1970s, he was approached by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner who, having completed the The Buildings of England series, was keen to extend the project to cover the rest of the UK. McWilliam went on to co-write two volumes in The Buildings of Scotland series and became the project’s editor.
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