{"product_id":"outrage-hardcover","title":"Outrage - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Nairn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTravis Elborough\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcclaimed architectural critic Ian Nairn's masterpiece, reissued for the first time since 1955.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn June of 1955, \u003ci\u003eThe Architectural Review\u003c\/i\u003e (Britain's most acclaimed and well-read magazine of architectural criticism) published a special issue featuring one essay called \u003ci\u003eOutrage\u003c\/i\u003e by Ian Nairn. As one of Britain's most famously opinionated (and untrained) architectural critics, it came as no surprise that the issue opened with a prophecy of doom: \"that if what is called development is allowed to multiply at the present rate,\" then all can be expected is the subsequent loss of the individuality and spirit of Britain's natural, and urban, landscapes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNairn coined this phenomenon \"Subtopia\" and demonstrated it, throughout the issue, with mugshots of offending lampposts, arterial roads, and garrotted trees. For the first time in North America and the first time in decades in the UK, Nairn's influential essay is newly available, now in a handsome volume complete with the original images.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Nairn\u003c\/b\u003e (1930-1983) was a British architectural critic and topographer who coined the term \"Subtopia\" for the areas around cities that had in his view been failed by urban planning, losing their individuality and spirit of place. In the 1960s he contributed to the volumes on Surrey and Sussex in Nikolaus Pevsner's \u003ci\u003eBuildings of England\u003c\/i\u003e series and published a number of his own books, including \u003ci\u003eNairn's Paris\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eModern Buildings in London\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Notting Hill Editions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTravis Elborough\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eWish You Were Here: England on Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Long-Player Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThrough the Looking Glasses: The Spectacular Life of Spectacles\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Atlas of Vanishing Places\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Edward Stanford Travel Book Award in 2020.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.3 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733908000831,"sku":"9781912559633","price":27.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b1c2876d329e3fc4d7c3ba483f685fbd.webp?v=1765137920","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/outrage-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}