Richard Norman Shaw (1831–1912) was the most fertile, representative, and influential British domestic architect of his time. This new edition of Andrew Saint’s best-selling book on Shaw and his work—hailed in its original version as “a masterpiece among architectural biographies” by the Evening Standard—features a completely revised text and new introduction and is generously illustrated with new color photographs, many specially commissioned.\ “Outstanding. . . . A most readable biography...
Richard Norman Shaw (18311912) was the most fertile, representative, and influential British domestic architect of his time. This new edition of Andrew Saint’s best-selling book on Shaw and his workhailed in its original version as a masterpiece among architectural biographies” by the Evening Standardfeatures a completely revised text and new introduction and is generously illustrated with new color photographs, many specially commissioned. Outstanding. . . . A most readable biography as well as a scholarly assessment of Shaw’s work.”Adam Fergusson, Sunday Times (on the original edition)
\ Library Journal - BookSmack!\ Saint, general editor of The Survey of London, updates his 1976 original on the noted British architect with a revised text, new introduction, and new color photos, many commissioned solely for this book. Besides the lovely pix, there are numerous floor plans and other illustrations. Mike Rogers, "Classic Returns," Booksmack! 10/7/10\ \