#nikolauspevsner

[architectureplatform1-blog]

The city is a device that choreographs the movement of a subject

Nikolaus Pevsner

[foreverneverthere]

The church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Bleadon. According to Pevsner it was build in the 14th Century, the nave being shortened in the 19th Century. The bell tower contains five bells cast by the Bilbie family who also cast the bells for St Andrew’s, Banwell. #church #mobilelibrary #churcharchitecture #nikolauspevsner #bleadon #mobilelibrary #northsomerset (at Church of St Peter & St Paul, Bleadon)

[peterandallen]

The designer highlighted (hands down) the best of the pick . #idontknowwhodesigneditbutilikeit #moderndesign #pelicanbooks #penguinbooks #nikolauspevsner (at Bauhaus)

[archi-tec-tural]

Snippets from my lecture notes, society module

Architecture could be seen as a response to society; it responds to peoples needs, it responds to current issues and it responds to the time, capturing the spirit of an age. Nikolaus Pevsner (An Outline of European Architecture, 1943) stated “A bicycle shed is a building, Lincoln cathedral is a piece of architecture” which essentially contradicts the entire purpose of architecture as it is a combination of function and aesthetics and can provide whatever the client requires. Surely Pevsner’s theory is also an opinion, an opinion which has many interpretations. Does Pevsner feel that Architecture has to be grand and a form of high art to be classified? Perhaps he wants to distinguish that Architecture should be admired, yet a bicycle shed serves its purpose equal to Lincoln Cathedral in a varied way. Shouldn’t architecture be functional and have a necessity to serve its full purpose as without those properties, it would not be any use at all. Pevsner’s theory can be backed up with arguments of aestheticism and the regard for beauty and art, however it cannot be used to justify the properties of architecture as it is simply his own theoretical opinion without any clear evidence of it being right or wrong.