Pool
a dip into outdoor swimming pools: the history, design and people behind them
$72.99
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2020
Summary
Dive In: A World of Pools, History, and Community
A celebration of outdoor swimming, exploring the history, design, and architecture of pools, as well as their vibrant social scenes. Discover how the sleek and elegant 1930s pool architecture evokes speed and efficiency, and how these public spaces act as social levellers where everyone is equal.
This book journeys through the grand beginnings of pools after the Victorian era, their decline in the 20th century, and the resurg…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849946230 |
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| ISBN-10: | 184994623X |
| Author: | Christopher Beanland |
| Publisher: | Batsford |
| Imprint: | Batsford |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2020 |
| Weight: | 1.17kg |
| Dimensions: | 276mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
Architecture critic and water baby Christopher Beanland takes a deep dive into the fashionable outdoor swimming scene with Lido, profiling the world’s best pools with his trademark wit, wisdom and pop culture references. Stylish photography and interviews with fellow lido enthusiasts only further add gloss to Beanland’s delightful new book.
– Steve Pill, Discover BritainAbout The Author
Christopher Beanland
Christopher Beanland is a journalist, comedy writer and author who specialises in architecture and travel writing. He is the author of Unbuilt: Radical Visions of a Future that Never Arrived and Lido: A dip into outdoor swimming pools: the history, design and people behind them. He writes regularly for the Guardian, Independent and The Telegraph and is the creator of Park Date - a podcast where he interviews celebrity guests in a park. Christopher lives in London.
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