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

建筑模型和建筑师的专业实践，1834-1916年是建筑师们在十九世纪思考、制作、委托和使用模型的探索。在19世纪和20世纪初的英国，人们特别关注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。在建筑和设计史的研究中，19世纪建筑师对模型的态度被忽视了。相反，历史学家将注意力集中在其他形式的建筑生产上。对模型收藏的任何分析，包括对维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆的分析，都集中在征集和涉及的个人的历史上。模型制作的环境，模型制作者的工作，以及建筑师在教育、设计和建筑中使用模型的情况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种社会建构的概念，并考察了建筑模型在这一时期职业认同发展中的作用。除了来自国际、国家和地方机构的比较材料外，维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆(V&A)和英国皇家建筑师学会(RIBA)持有的模型收藏一直是本论文的核心研究重点。该项目的时间边界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藏品在分散和退出之前被重新吸收到V&A的那一年。

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.