The Modern Period Room

The Construction of the Exhibited Interior 1870–1950

Edited by Penny Sparke, Brenda Martin, Trevor Keeble

With contributors drawn from a broad range of disciplines, The Modern Period Room brings together a carefully selected collection of essays to consider the interiors...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37470-5 (Routledge)

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Architecture in Words

Theatre, Language and the Sensuous Space of Architecture

By Louise Pelletier

What if the house you are about to enter was built with the confessed purpose of seducing you, of creating various sensations destined to touch...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39471-0 (Routledge)

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Planning at the Landscape Scale

By Paul Selman

Traditionally, landscape planning has involved the designation and protection of exceptional countryside. However, whilst this still remains important, there is a growing recognition of the...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35142-3 (Routledge)

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Immaterial Architecture

By Jonathan Hill

This fascinating argument from Jonathan Hill presents the case for the significance and importance of the immaterial in architecture.

Architecture is generally perceived as the solid,...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36324-2 (Routledge)

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Japanese Capitals in Historical Perspective

Place, Power and Memory in Kyoto, Edo and Tokyo

Edited by Nicolas Fiévé, Paul Waley

Japan's ability to develop its own brand of modernity has often been attributed in part to the sophistication of its cities. Concentrating on Kyoto, Edo...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40581-2 (Routledge)

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Innovations in Hospice Architecture

By Stephen F. Verderber, Ben J. Refuerzo

Providing much-needed focus on hospice projects in the context of unprecedented rates of societal ageing, this new reference book presents an overview of major recent developments in...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32713-8 (Taylor & Francis)

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Testing of Concrete in Structures

By John H. Bungey, S.G. Millard, Michael G. Grantham

Providing a comprehensive overview of the techniques involved in testing concrete in structures, Testing of Concrete in Structures discusses both established techniques and new methods,...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26301-6 (Taylor & Francis)

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Architecture, Animal, Human

The Asymmetrical Condition

By Catherine T. Ingraham

This book looks at specific instances in the Renaissance, Enlightenment and our own time when architectural ideas and ideas of biological life come into close...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-70107-5 (Routledge)

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Catalytic Formations

Architecture and Digital Design

By Ali Rahim

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, digital technologies have enabled new techniques for the development of architecture. In Catalytic Formations, Ali Rahim suggests that...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39089-7 (Taylor & Francis)

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Environmental Design

An Introduction for Architects and Engineers

Edited by Randall Thomas

Written and edited by a team of specialists at Max Fordham LLP, one of the UK’s leading environmental and building services engineering consultancies, Environmental Design...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36334-1 (Taylor & Francis)

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