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"Although it treats of one architect and one building, The Law Courts is in fact a valuable discussion of 19th-century English building, the building trades, and the architectural profession... Among its first achievements is its clear ordering of the complicated history of the program, competition, design, and construction of this huge undertaking. Brownlee's text is well-written and thorough... it will be required reading for architectural and other historians." James F. O'Gorman , Grace Slack McNeil Professor of American Art, Wellesley College

About the Author

David Brownlee is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Pennsylvania.

Reviews

"Although it treats of one architect and one building, The Law Courts is in fact a valuable discussion of 19th-century English building, the building trades, and the architectural profession... Among its first achievements is its clear ordering of the complicated history of the program, competition, design, and construction of this huge undertaking. Brownlee's text is well-written and thorough... it will be required reading for architectural and other historians." James F. O'Gorman , Grace Slack McNeil Professor of American Art, Wellesley College