The Comfort of the Past: Building in Oxford and Beyond 1815-2015

By Steven Parissien

This groundbreaking architectural history examines what people actually wanted in their institutional and private patronage over the last two centuries as opposed to what architects and theorists thought they should want - as seen through the prism of Oxford's principal building contractor and craft practitioner, Symm & Company.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1907372776
• ISBN13: 9781907372773
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing
• Length: 208 Pages