"Somewhat like a three-legged table": Christopher Wren’s collegiate architecture

Alistair Fair

"Somewhat like a three-legged table": Christopher Wren’s collegiate architecture

Edinburgh College of Art

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This article examines the buildings designed by Christopher Wren for Oxford and Cambridge colleges, highlighting the 'open' planning consistently found in them and suggesting that they embody Wren's attitude to scientific precedent.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	40-59
Journal	Immediations
Volume	1
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 2006

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