Interior Design Books

New and Published Books

1. Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran

   Interior Revolutions of the Modern Era

   By Pamela Karimi

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Examining Iran’s recent history through the double lens of domesticity and consumer culture, Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran demonstrates that a significant component of the modernization process in Iran advanced beyond political and public spheres. On the cusp of Iran’s entry into...

   Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. From Organisation to Decoration

   An Interiors Reader

   Edited by Graeme Brooker, Sally Stone

   From Organisation to Decoration: An Interiors Reader is a reader for students, scholars and practitioners interested in the theories, processes and principles of the aspects of the theory and practice of interior architecture, interior design and interior decoration. The book is divided into three...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. Hotel Lobbies and Lounges

   The Architecture of Professional Hospitality

   Edited by Tom Avermaete, Anne Massey

   Series: Interior Architecture

   This series investigates the historical, theoretical and practical aspects of interiors. The volumes in the Interior Architecture series can be used as handbooks for the practitioner and as a critical introduction to the history of material culture and architecture. Hotels occupy a particular place...

   Published October 23rd 2012 by Routledge
4. LED Lighting

   A Review of the Current Market and Future Developments

   By Hilary Graves, Cosmin Ticleanu

   Lighting is one of the largest users of energy in buildings, being responsible for around 20% of electricity use. Good lighting is essential to health, well-being and productivity, but the efficiency of light sources varies widely. To reduce carbon emissions, designers, owners and occupiers...

   Published November 27th 2011 by IHS BRE Press
5. The Architecture of Light

   Recent Approaches to Designing with Natural Light

   By Mary Ann Steane

   Reviewing the use of natural light by architects in the era of electricity, this book aims to show that natural light not only remains a potential source of order in architecture, but that natural lighting strategies impose a usefully creative discipline on design. Considering an approach to...

   Published April 17th 2011 by Routledge
6. Vernacular Architecture of West Africa

   A World in Dwelling

   By Jean-Paul Bourdier, Trinh T. Minh-ha

   The dwellings of hundreds of African ethnic groups offer a variety of conceptions and building practices that contradict the widespread image of the primitive hut commonly attributed to rural Africa. Each house or group of houses is designed not only to shelter the members of a family, but also to...

   Published March 13th 2011 by Routledge
7. Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain

   By Geoffrey Beard, Jeff Orton, Richard Ireland

   Decorative plasterwork was created by skilled craftsmen, and for over four hundred years it has been an essential part of the interior decoration of the British country house. In this detailed and comprehensive study, Geoffrey Beard has created a book that will delight the eye and inform the...

   Published January 30th 2011 by Routledge
8. Daylighting

   Architecture and Lighting Design

   By Peter Tregenza, Michael Wilson

   This authoritative and multi-disciplinary book provides architects, lighting specialists, and anyone else working daylight into design, with all the tools needed to incorporate this most fundamental element of architecture. It includes: an overview of current practice of daylighting in...

   Published January 20th 2011 by Routledge
9. Design for Critical Care

   An Evidence-Based Approach

   By D. Kirk Hamilton, Mardelle McCuskey Shepley

   It is now widely recognized that the physical environment has an impact on the physiology,psychology, and sociology of those who experience it. When designing a critical care unit,the demands on the architect or designer working together with the interdisciplinary teamof clinicians are highly...

   Published September 29th 2009 by Routledge
10. Lighting by Design

    2nd Edition

    By Christopher Cuttle

    Lighting by Design provides guidance on where to find inspiration for lighting ideas, how to plan the technical detail and how to execute the plan to create safe, effective and beautiful schemes. Christopher Cuttle's unique three level approach uses Observation, Visualisation and Realisation as the...

    Published October 6th 2008 by Routledge