Building the ivory tower
The social functions of late nineteenth century collegiate architecture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4097747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R A Lowe (0000-0002-4732-9634), Roy Lowe (University of Birmingham), Rex Knight (University of Birmingham) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 81-91 |
| Publication date | 1982-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075078212331379171 |
| OpenAlex | W2053173263 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Between 1870 and 1914 there was an unprecedented expansion of the ancient universities in England and an entirely new sector of higher education, the ‘Redbrick ̊s universities, appeared in some provincial cities. This article examines the ways in which architects attempted to establish a new style of collegiate architecture which would suggest the antiquity and prestige of the universities, yet be appropriate for the demands of the late nineteenth century. The greatest architectural consensus occurred at Oxbridge, where architects were concerned to achieve a blend with existing college buildings. The variations of late Gothic architecture which they employed enabled them to reassert the pre-eminence of Oxbridge as well as its ecclesiastical associations during a period of swift change. Within the new civic universities some attempt was made to imitate these developments in an effort to assert prestige from the outset. But increasingly towards the end of the nineteenth century, architects experimented with novel styles in the ‘Redbrick ̊s colleges in an effort to demonstrate the ‘scientism ̊s and modernity of these new institutions. The outcome was an architectural situation which clearly distinguished between Arts and Sciences and which suggested an academic ‘pecking order ̊s
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Higher education · Ivory tower · Modernity · Political science · Prestige · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Historical Architecture and Urbanism · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Law · Scottish History and National Identity · Architecture
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |