Architecture and climate : an environmental history of British architecture, 1600-2000 / Dean Hawkes.
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TextPublisher: London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 261 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN: 9780415561860 (hardback : alk. paper); 0415561868 (hardback : alk. paper); 9780415561877 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0415561876 (pbk. : alk. paper)Other title: Environmental history of British architecture, 1600-2000Subject(s): Architecture and climate -- Great Britain -- History | Architecture -- Environmental aspects -- Great Britain -- HistoryDDC classification: 720.470941 LOC classification: NA2541 | .H39 2012| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-254) and index.
Introduction -- Climate described -- Robert Smythson and the environment of the Elizabethan country house -- Christopher Wren and the origins of building science -- Palladianism and the climate of England -- Building in the climate of the nineteenth century city -- The arts and crafts house climatically considered -- The modern movement house in the British climate -- The environmental architecture of Alison and Peter Smithson.
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