Eldred Evans and David Shalev are among Britain's most respected architects. The first monograph on their work, this book covers their entire sixty-year career including cultural landmarks such as Bede's World Museum, Jarrow, and Tate St Ives.
In 1833, the Select Committee for Public Walks was introduced so that `the provision of parks would lead to a better use of Sundays and the replacement of the debasing pleasures.' Music was seen as an important moral influence and `musical cultivation ... the safest and surest method of popular culture', and ...