Joseph Emberton: The Architecture of Display

Emberton (1889-1956) was one of the most important architects in Britain during the first half of the 20th century. He designed the striking Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at Burnham-on-Crouch (1931) which represented Britain at the International Exhibition of Modern Architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1932. Five years later, two more buildings - the celebrated Simpsons of Piccadilly department store (now Waterstone’s flagship bookstore) for which László Moholy-Nagy designed displays, and the Southsea branch of Timothy Whites were selected by MoMA for the exhibition Modern Architecture in England. What was it about these buildings that made the most influential commentators on modern architecture take note? The exhibition coincides with the major retrospective of the work of Leon Underwood, who was a lifelong friend and fellow-student of Emberton at the Royal College of Art. Underwood created sculptures which adorned one of Emberton’s buildings and furthermore Underwood’s son married Emberton’s daughter.

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http://pallant.org.uk/exhibitions1/forthcoming-exhibitions/delonghi-print-room/joseph-emberton-and-the-architecture-of-display

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000143?id=EVENT514655