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Standards for Thermal Comfort brings together contributions from around the world, reflecting new approaches to the setting of standards which can apply to all climates and cultures.

The Neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments--including Stonehenge-- were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguities. Students of prehistory have long found the highly theoretical interpretations of the

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A core introduction to language analysis (second edition, 2001) is the foundation text,

A thorough and understandable guide to the properties and design of structural composites. It derives from the author's many years of experience of research, industrial development and teaching.

Provides a sympathetic understanding of the Modern Movement's architectural role in reshaping the fabric and structure of British metropolitan cities in the post-war period.

The life and works of William Morris continue to excite the imaginations of fresh generations of scholars working in many traditions, from the history of art and design to literary criticism and

Seeking throughout to bridge the gap between the creative and the critical, and to span disciplinary boundaries, this book offers a significant intervention in the theory of creativity and the practice of

Considers the process through which architects sought to establish modernism as the dominant ideology in British architectural culture from the late 1920s onwards. This book documents, contextualizes and explains the emergence and

This selection of groundbreaking essays offers a significant and long overdue reassessment of the aims and intentions of European architecture and urbanism over the period 1880-1960.

Architecture and Revolution presents a series of essays which explore the consequences of the 1989 revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe from an architectural perspective.

This book provides new information and new interpretations in the study of gender, material culture and the built environment in the period 1860-1960.

Part of a series of books on environmental planning, this comprehensive text focuses on environmental impact assessment and design. It deals with the difficult problem of integrating various land uses to produce

This text brings together a unique collection of writing by a leading researcher and critic which outlines the evolution of the environmental dimension of architectural theory and practice in the past twenty-five

Ecology, Community and Delight examines three principal value systems which influence landscape architectural practice: the aesthetic, the social and the environmental, and seeks to discover the role that the profession should follow.

This study of Northwest Coast art outlines a history of ideas associated with Northwest Coast art objects from pre-Contact time to the 21st century. It examines the ways in which the physical

(This title is available on demand : expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered)First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

(This title is available on demand : expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered)An Introduction to Music Technology, Second Edition provides a clear overview of the essential elements

(This title is available on demand : expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered)Innovation in technology means that almost anyone can make an independent film these days. Although

(This title is available on demand : expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered)Langford's Advanced Photography is the only advanced photography guide a serious student or aspiring professional

Presents a wide-ranging and challenging analysis of the revolution in architectural tastes that characterized the great rebuildings of the 16th and 17th centuries.