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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 June 2012
    08 December 2011
    ISBN:
    9781139095310
    9781108036979
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139095310
    Dimensions:
    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.13kg, 90 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Art, British History after 1450, History, Architecture
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Art, British History after 1450, History, Architecture
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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    This detailed guide to the model tenement building displayed at Edinburgh's International Exhibition of Industry Science and Art in 1886 was first published in that year. A prominent figure in Scottish architecture and engineering, Sir James Gowans (1821–90) designed and built railways, roads, and stone houses during his long career, including a model village in West Lothian named Gowanbank. His intention in designing tenement buildings was to produce a standardised model that would make homes more affordable. This short book considers the tenement designs, including the situation of staircases, drainage, materials, and the mode of construction. Gowans' book also features chapters on the Prince Albert Victor Sundial, built to commemorate the opening of the exhibition by the prince, the Memorial Mason's pillars erected in Edinburgh, and the Electric Tramway. Gowans was made Lord Dean of Guild of the city of Edinburgh in 1885.

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