Hawkes, Dean, Architecture and climate , 2012
- Title:
- Architecture and climate : an environmental history of British architecture, 1600-2000 / Dean Hawkes.
- Alternate Title(s):
- Environmental history of British architecture, 1600-2000
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Published/Created:
- London ; Routledge, 2012.
New York, NY : Routledge, 2012. - Physical Description:
- x, 261 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryNA2541 .H39 2012 (LC)Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/10508772
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-254) and index.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Subject Terms:
- Architecture -- Environmental aspects -- Great Britain -- History.Architecture and climate -- Great Britain -- History.
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