Susan Galavan

Dublin's Bourgeois Homes (eBook, PDF)

Building the Victorian Suburbs, 1850-1901

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first in depth analysis of Dublin's upper middle-class homes. Using measured surveys, photographs, and contemporary drawings and maps, it analyses a range of premium houses in three different districts: Ballsbridge, Rathgar and Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire). It explores their architectural characteristics: from external form to plan type, and detailing of materials. Taking the reader behind the façade to the interior spaces within, it reveals how domestic space reflected the lifestyle of Dublin's Victorian bourgeoisie. Focusing on the work of three entrepreneurial developers, it follows in their footsteps as they speculated in house building: signing leases, acquiring plots and sourcing bricks and mortar. It shows how house design evolved over time, as bay windows pushed through façades and new lines of coloured brick were introduced. Comparisons are made with similar house types in Britain, showing the unique characteristics of the Dublin house form.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317044680
• Artikelnr.: 48408662

Autorenporträt

Susan Galavan is a qualified architect and holds a first class Masters degree from University College Dublin and a PhD in architectural history from Trinity College Dublin. Her doctorate was a multidisciplinary examination of Dublin's Victorian domestic architecture, funded by a three-year scholarship from the Irish Research Council. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Architecture, University of Leuven, Belgium.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 The architecture of Dublin's bourgeois homes
2 The domestic realm: inside the semi-detached house
3 Control: land tenure and infrastructure
4 Builders, speculators and labourers
5 Process: building materials
Conclusion