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peter reyner banham
peter reyner banham was an english architectural critic and writer. he was born in norwich, england in 1922. he studied at the courtauld institute of art in london and gained a degree in engineering from bristol aircraft during the second world war. he was known for his theoretical treatise theory and design in the first machine age (1960) and for his 1971 book los angeles: the architecture of four ecologies. he was also an editor of architectural review (1952) and wrote for the local paper in norwich. he died in london in 1988.
The Subject Atlas
A chart of peter reyner banham's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
