The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor

AUTHOR : Judy Siers
Category : Pictorials/assorted > Architecture >
$150.00 (NZD)  inc GST
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Description

'The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor' enables us to enter into the life and times of a man, a family, a society, and ways of thinking and acting different to, yet not so distant from, our own. We enter the world of an architect, who is also an artist; builder, craftsman; a theosophist, an astrologer, a photographer, a furniture maker. We are presented with the life story of a complex and talented man, a man who influenced the lives of others, and was influenced by particular beliefs, both religious and artistic. To enter a Chapman-Taylor house is to enter into a world of warmth, comfort, re-assurance; of materiality and craftsmanship. It is a practical world touched by art. Chapman-Taylor’s world is where “beauty is really a by-product and comes almost of itself when our motives are right”. Lavishly illustrated, this book enables us to enter every one of Chapman-Taylor’s houses - not as good as the real thing, as Chapman-Taylor himself would have said, but important to understanding his work and commitment to a particular way of producing architecture. - Architect, David Kernohan 2007

Awards

Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Biography Category 2008.

Stock Information

General Fields

  • : 9780473113407
  • : Millwood Heritage Press
  • : Millwood Heritage Press
  • : 305x255mm
  • : New Zealand
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : illustrations (some colour); plans
  • : 440
  • : 720.92
  • : Hardback
  • : Judy Siers