Architectural Models and the Professional Practice of the Architect, 1843-1916

建筑模型和建筑师的专业实践，1834年至1916年探讨了建筑师如何思考，制作，委托和使用模型在十九世纪。在世纪早期的英国，建筑模型的生产和使用与建筑师职业身份的发展之间的关系一直受到关注，而建筑师对模型的态度在世纪的建筑史和设计史研究中却被忽视了。相反，历史学家关注的是其他形式的建筑作品。任何对模型收藏的分析，包括V&A，都集中在收藏的历史和所涉及的个人上。模型制作的环境、模型制作者的工作以及建筑师在教育、设计和施工中对模型的使用在很大程度上被忽视了。此外，通过借鉴各种社会学理论和研究，本文探讨了建筑实践作为一个社会建构的概念，并探讨了建筑模型在这一时期职业认同发展中的作用。维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆（V&A）和英国皇家建筑师协会（RIBA）收藏的模型是本文研究的核心。该项目的时间界限是由这两个机构内的模型历史建立的：1834年标志着RIBA的成立，而1916年是建筑博物馆的巡回收藏品在被分散和取消之前被重新吸收到V&A的一年。

Architectural models and the professional practice of the architect, 1834-1916 exploreshow architects thought about, made, commissioned, and used models during thenineteenth century. Particular focus has been given to the relationship between theproduction and use of architectural models and the development of the professionalidentity of 'The Architect' in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain.The attitude of architects towards models in the nineteenth century has beenneglected in the study of architectural and design history. Instead historians havefocused on other forms of architectural production. Any analysis as there has beenof model collections, including that of the V&A, has concentrated on the history ofacquisitions and the individuals involved. The circumstances of model production,the work of the model-maker, and the use of models by architects in education,design, and construction have largely been ignored. In addition, by drawing on avariety of sociological theories and studies, the thesis explores architectural practiceas a socially constructed concept and examines the role that architectural modelsplayed in the development of professional identity during the period.Alongside comparative material from a variety of international, national, and localinstitutions, the collection of models held by the Victoria & Albert Museum(V&A) and Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has been the core focus ofresearch for the thesis. The temporal boundaries of the project are established bythe history of models within these two institutions: 1834 marks the founding of theRIBA, whilst 1916 is the year in which the itinerant collections of the ArchitecturalMuseum were reabsorbed into the V&A before being dispersed and deaccessioned.