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In Honour of War Heroes: Colin St Clair Oakes and the Design of Kranji War Memorial

Athanasios Tsakonas

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Description:At the end of World War II, a young British architect was appointed to design a series of cemeteries and memorials across Asia for the war dead. Colin St Clair Oakes, who had fought in the brutal Burma campaign, was the only veteran of the recent war among the five principal architects of the Imperial War Graves Commission. Completed in 1957, Kranji War Cemetery and Memorial in Singapore is a masterwork of Modernist architecture – a culmination of Oakes’ experiences in war and his evolution as an architect. Richly illustrated with photographs, maps and architectural plans, and drawing on extensive archival research and interviews in Europe, Australia and Asia, this is a riveting account of a world shattered by war, and one man’s heroic efforts to recover, remember and rebuild.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with In Honour of War Heroes: Colin St Clair Oakes and the Design of Kranji War Memorial. To get started finding In Honour of War Heroes: Colin St Clair Oakes and the Design of Kranji War Memorial, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 288

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Editions

Release: 2020

ISBN: 9814893366

Description: At the end of World War II, a young British architect was appointed to design a series of cemeteries and memorials across Asia for the war dead. Colin St Clair Oakes, who had fought in the brutal Burma campaign, was the only veteran of the recent war among the five principal architects of the Imperial War Graves Commission. Completed in 1957, Kranji War Cemetery and Memorial in Singapore is a masterwork of Modernist architecture – a culmination of Oakes’ experiences in war and his evolution as an architect. Richly illustrated with photographs, maps and architectural plans, and drawing on extensive archival research and interviews in Europe, Australia and Asia, this is a riveting account of a world shattered by war, and one man’s heroic efforts to recover, remember and rebuild.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with In Honour of War Heroes: Colin St Clair Oakes and the Design of Kranji War Memorial. To get started finding In Honour of War Heroes: Colin St Clair Oakes and the Design of Kranji War Memorial, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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