<p><b>A novel interpretation of architecture, ugliness, and the social consequences of aesthetic judgment</b><br><br>When buildings are deemed ugly, what are the consequences? In <i>Ugliness and Judgment</i>, Timothy Hyde considers the role of aesthetic judgment¿and its concern for ugliness¿in architectural debates and their resulting social effects across three centuries of British architectural history. From eighteenth-century ideas about Stonehenge to Prince Charles¿s opinions about the National Gallery, Hyde uncovers a new story of aesthetic judgment, where arguments about architectural ugliness do not pertain solely to buildings or assessments of style, but intrude into other spheres of civil society.<br><br>Hyde explores how accidental and willful conditions of ugliness¿including the gothic revival Houses of Parliament, the brutalist concrete of the South Bank, and the historicist novelty of Number One Poultry¿have been debated in parliamentary committees, courtrooms, and public
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