Queen Mary

Once the world’s largest and fastest ocean liner, today the Queen Mary represents a peak of perfection in the art of shipbuilding. With her Art Deco interiors and exquisite detailing, she encapsulates the spirit of an era characterized by elegance and style. This book presents a comprehensive record of the Queen Mary’s design and construction and recaptures her glory days, plying the North Atlantic.

‘Wonderfully detailed … scrupulous research.’

— New York Times

‘Anyone who has ever wondered if architecture floats will be convinced by this beautiful, fact-filled book about the last and grandest architecture ever to sail the bounding main. With Steele’s intense research, we almost feel like were there.’

— American Institute of Architects International Architecture Book Awards Jury

Winner in the Related Arts category, American Institute of Architects International Architecture Book Awards, 1997

Author: James Steele

Editor: David Jenkins

Designer: David Pocknell, Pentagram

Publisher: Phaidon Press; 1995

290 × 250mm
240pp
Hb c.100 colour
200 b&w illustrations

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