Designing the seaside : architecture, society and nature /
Gray, Fred,
Designing the seaside : architecture, society and nature / Fred Gray. - 336 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nature and seaside architecture -- Building the seaside -- Representing the edge -- The seaside as another place -- Designing resort open spaces -- Architecture for sea and beach -- From bath house to water park -- Walking on water -- Pavilions and amusement parks -- Sleeping by the sea. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"In Designing the Seaside Fred Gray provides a history of seaside architecture from the 18th century to the present day, investigating leisure, entertainment, taste, fashion and gender, and shows how the seaside even became a hotbed for moral and sexual issues - from the early use of bathing machines to twentieth-century beauty pageants and naturist groups. He relates the evolution of resort architecture to sweeping changes in how seaside nature was experienced and used by holidaymakers. The book also traces the history of the coastal resort, with examples ranging from Regency Sidmouth to Victorian Scarborough and early 20th-century Morecambe, as well as assessing seaside developments in the USA and Continental Europe, from Coney Island and Santa Barbara to Nice and Trouville." "Featuring many colourful, informative and often entertaining photographs, drawings, guidebook illustrations, postcards and publicity posters from resorts around the world, Designing the Seaside is a thoroughly readables as well as a visually fascinating account of changing attitudes to holidaymaking and its setting."--BOOK JACKET.
1861892748 9781861892744
Seaside architecture--History--Great Britain
Seaside architecture--History
Seaside resorts--History--Great Britain
Seaside resorts--History
Great Britain--Social life and customs
720.941
Designing the seaside : architecture, society and nature / Fred Gray. - 336 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nature and seaside architecture -- Building the seaside -- Representing the edge -- The seaside as another place -- Designing resort open spaces -- Architecture for sea and beach -- From bath house to water park -- Walking on water -- Pavilions and amusement parks -- Sleeping by the sea. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"In Designing the Seaside Fred Gray provides a history of seaside architecture from the 18th century to the present day, investigating leisure, entertainment, taste, fashion and gender, and shows how the seaside even became a hotbed for moral and sexual issues - from the early use of bathing machines to twentieth-century beauty pageants and naturist groups. He relates the evolution of resort architecture to sweeping changes in how seaside nature was experienced and used by holidaymakers. The book also traces the history of the coastal resort, with examples ranging from Regency Sidmouth to Victorian Scarborough and early 20th-century Morecambe, as well as assessing seaside developments in the USA and Continental Europe, from Coney Island and Santa Barbara to Nice and Trouville." "Featuring many colourful, informative and often entertaining photographs, drawings, guidebook illustrations, postcards and publicity posters from resorts around the world, Designing the Seaside is a thoroughly readables as well as a visually fascinating account of changing attitudes to holidaymaking and its setting."--BOOK JACKET.
1861892748 9781861892744
Seaside architecture--History--Great Britain
Seaside architecture--History
Seaside resorts--History--Great Britain
Seaside resorts--History
Great Britain--Social life and customs
720.941