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Nikolaus Pevsner

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Also known as Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, Nicholas, Sir Pevsner, Nikolas Pevsner

German-born British scholar (1902-1983)

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Born
1902-01-30
Died
1983-08-18
Works
367

Top works

  • A compendium of Pevsner's Buildings of England on compact disc
  • Surrey
  • Leipziger Barock
  • London
  • Essex

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Quotes

  • A bicycle shed is a building; Lincoln Cathedral is a piece of architecture. Nearly everything that encloses space on a scale sufficient for a human being to move in is a building; the term architecture applies only to buildings designed with a view to aesthetic appeal.
  • It was perhaps a bad moment to undertake an architectural guide to the City of London. There are, at the time of writing, still whole areas lying waste after bombing in the Second World War. A number of the City churches, also, are not yet repaired or restored. Yet the publication of this volume was much asked for; so I decided to undertake it in spite of these disadvantages.

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