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Author Hawkes, Dean

Title Architecture and climate : an environmental history of British architecture, 1600-2000 / Dean Hawkes.

Imprint Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Female Library  NA2541 .H39 2012    Available
 Male Library  NA2541 .H39 2012    Available
Description x, 261 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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 Architecture and climate -- Great Britain -- Histor
Architecture -- Environmental aspects -- Great Britain -- History
ISBN 9780415561877 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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