Industrial Babylon: The Victorian and Edwardian Architecture of Manchester and Liverpool

Synopsis: Shows Liverpool and Manchester at their most ambitious and exciting phase of architectural development, during the Victorian and Edwardian periods, with views of buildings from original site photographs. Examples of Manchester buildings include Alfred Waterhouse’s Town Hall and Refuge Assurance Building and the City Police Courts designed by Thomas Worthington. The Anglican Cathedral designed by Gilbert Scott, the Pierhead buildings, and the Albert Dock comprise the Liverpool examples.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; 15 slides.
Year of production: 1989
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £16.50 (inc. VAT +p&p)
Documentation: Accompanying 8-page text with introduction, commentary.
Subjects: Architecture
Keywords: architectural design; buildings; cathedrals; docklands; Liverpool; Manchester

Name: Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Art and Design
Email: c.hilton@mmu.ac.uk or j.davis@mmu.ac.uk
Web: http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/visualresources/slidesets/ External site opens in new window
Phone: 0161 247 1930
Fax: 0161 247 6897
Address: The Visual Resources Curator
Righton Building
Cavendish Street
Manchester
M15 6BG

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