{"id":3583,"date":"2024-02-22T10:31:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T10:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/?post_type=product&#038;p=3583"},"modified":"2024-03-18T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T16:59:59","slug":"birminghams-victorian-edwardian-architects","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/shop\/publications\/other-publications\/birminghams-victorian-edwardian-architects\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham\u2019s Victorian &#038; Edwardian Architects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Colin Cunningham the late Chairman of the The Victorian Society wrote in the foreword: &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis book covers the development of a small early Victorian town through the expansion that accompanied the development of a Civic Gospel, the modernity of terracotta to the fascinating explosion of artistic talent in Birmingham under the influence of the Arts and Crafts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commissioned by the Birmingham and West Midlands Group of the The Victorian Society and funded by the Mary Heath Trust, its 26 essays are contributed by architectural, local and social historians, university lecturers, conservation officers and practising architects drawn mainly from the West Midland area.<\/p>\n<p>8 years in the genesis, it was written in response to the paucity of published sources for Birmingham architecture and the perceived obscurity of the quality of its buildings and the local architects. 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