Room For Diplomacy: Britain's Diplomatic Buildings Overseas 1800-2000 by Mark...

Room For Diplomacy: Britain's Diplomatic Buildings Overseas 1800-2000 by Mark Bertram This book is USED (not new) Condition: As New - Format: Publisher: Spire Books : , 2011, ISBN: 9781904965329 / 1904965326 Dimensions: 15.88cm x 3.18cm x 25.4cm, 480 pages SKU: 5286j - We use NZ Post overnight for delivery so please allow 1-5 days for delivery - If you would like to see more photos of the book, ask a question and we'll add them Book Description: Britain's diplomatic buildings - embassies, consulates, high commissions - come in all shapes, sizes, styles and ages. They share one purpose - to support the nation's international role. They provide its Room for Diplomacy. This is the first book to tell the story of this building type. It covers well over a hundred buildings around the world: why they were required, how they were procured and who made them happen. Their provision by one government department for another was always contentious and inevitably led to clashes between distant and impatient diplomats and providers in London with more of an eye on costs and values. It is a two-century saga of competing outlooks. Mark Bertram CBE was with the civil service for thirty years as architect, manager and quasi-diplomat and was involved in every aspect of managing these buildings. Table of Contents 1. First Ownerships, 1800-1815 2. Enter the Office of Works, 1824-1856 3. The Treasury Tightens its Grip, 1852-1876 4. Consulates, 1850-1900 5. Legation Houses, 1850-1900 6. Order and Disorder, 1875-1900 7. Early Twentieth Century Houses, 1900-1915 8. Post-War and the 1920s 9. Tokyo and Washington, 1923-32 10. Buildings, 1930-1940 11. Second World War and Aftermath, 1940-1950 12. Cold War, 1946-1983 13. New Commonwealth, 1947-1983 14. Roles, Rules and Rations, 1950-1970 15. In-house Production Line, 1950-1970 16. Lagos, Rome and Brasilia, 1957-1970 17. Internals and Externals 18. Reforms and Upheavals, 1968-1983 19. Diploma...