The National Exhibition Centre : a shop window for the world /

Mills, Edward D.

The National Exhibition Centre : a shop window for the world / Edward D. Mills - London, United Kingdom : Crosby Lockwood Staples, c1976 - 88 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Exhibition centres past and present -- A national exhibition centre - the historical background -- The National exhibition centre, Birmingham -- Planning the NEC -- Architectural design -- Materials and aesthetics -- Interior design -- Structure and construction -- Environment and services -- Other people's views -- the design team.

This enthusiastic contemporary tribute to the Great Exhibition of 1851 might very well be taken,one hundred and twenty-five years later, as a description of the National Exhibition Centre of 1976.

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EXHIBITION BUILDINGS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

T 400 .M55 1976