TY - BOOK AU - Wells,Matthew TI - Modelling the Metropolis: the architectural model in Victorian London. SN - 9783856764357 AV - NA2790 W45 2023 U1 - 723-724 PY - 2023/// CY - Zurich PB - GTA Verlag KW - Architectural models KW - England KW - London KW - Architecture, Victorian KW - Architecture KW - History KW - London (England) KW - Buildings, structures, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 7 Introduction -- 21 The Public Sphere -- 29 Competitions and the pursuit of truth -- 42 A new model for London -- 49 The Commons -- 58 Models as a mode of inquiry -- 65 The Courtroom -- 69 Producing legal models -- 75 The Exhibition -- 85 Edward Schroeder Prior and the model as ‘feeling’-- 93 The Model-Makers’ Workshop -- 100 From drawings to models -- 102 Accidents, empire, and beer: John Thorp and his workshop -- 119 The University -- 121 Model-making handbooks -- 126 Educating at the Architectural Association -- 129 Inspecting models outside the Architectural Association -- 134 Banister Fletcher and technical knowledge at King’s College -- 137 Education at University College -- 143 The Museum -- 147 John Soane and the practice of collecting -- 153 The Royal Institute of British Architects: Models for the profession -- 155 Architectural models at the South Kensington Museum -- 159 The origins of the Royal Architectural Museum -- 162 Change at the South Kensington Museum -- 171 Conclusion -- 176 Bibliography -- 183 Image Credits -- 184 Index -- 186 Acknowledgements -- N2 - Architectural models made nineteenth-century London. As the city grew it became the global centre of finance, industrial capitalism, and the British Empire. New buildings, urban spaces, and networks of infrastructure were demanded, constructed, and rebuilt. Models were a crucial medium of communication that enabled architects, politicians, and the wider public to conceive the city?s expansion of buildings and spaces.00Based on extensive research in archives, museums, and period publications, Modelling the Metropolis addresses not just architectural models but also an eclectic range of images and objects ? from technical products to sculptures, diagrams to engravings, maps to photographs ? that dramatize the politics and aesthetics of London architecture in the nineteenth century.0 ER -