John Maltby: Images from the Photographs collection of RIBA

John Maltby: Images from the Photographs Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects

This book is devoted to John Maltby (1910 - 80) an architectural photographer who produced some of the most enduringly evocative images of British architecture and design during the 20th century. Maltby rose to prominence during the 1930s, when the camera was influencing architectural practice. Maltby was closely allied to Lubetkin, one of the great modernist émigré architects working in Britain at the time. Maltby also recorded fashionable Art Deco style with a lucrative commission for Odeon Cinemas. After World War II and in stark contrast to the opulence of the Art Deco cinemas, his photographs of Alison and Peter Smithson's Hunstanton school were admired and reproduced around the world, while his commercial work helped to spread the popularity of the Contemporary look.

Author: Robert Elwall
Published: London: RIBA Publications
ISBN: 1859460828

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