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The Courtyard House
The courtyard house is one of the most enduring architectural forms, transcending regional, historical and cultural boundaries. Its balance of...
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Architectural Space in Eighteenth-Century Europe: Constructing Identities and Interiors
Architectural Space in Eighteenth-Century Europe: Constructing Identities and Interiors explores how a diverse, pan-European group of eighteenth...
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Rethinking the Interior: c. 18671896
c. 18671896 From Aesthetes in Africa to the cultural history of the teapot, the essays in this collection contribute to scholarly debates across a...
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Manifestoes and Transformations in the Early Modernist City
The enormous impact of industrialisation on the 19th Century European city created unprecedentedly fertile conditions both for the generation of...
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Railways, Urban Development and Town Planning in Britain: 1948-2008
The British railway system was nationalised in 1948, the same year that the modern planning system came into operation. In theory, this should have...
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Olympic Cities: 2012 and the Remaking of London
Drawing upon historical, cultural, economic and socio-demographic perspectives, this book examines the role of a sporting mega-event in promoting...
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Urban Green Belts in the Twenty-first Century
Green belts are among the oldest and most widely used policies for controlling sprawl. During the twentieth century they have been employed to...
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Landscape and Vision in Nineteenth-Century
A study of the ways landscape was perceived in nineteenth-century Britain and France, this book draws on evidence from poetry, landscape gardens...
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Towards Safe City Centres?: Remaking the Spaces of an Old Industrial City
In recent years, old industrial cities have felt the pressure to revitalise and regenerate their failing economic base, adapting their system of...
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Planning in Crisis?: Theoretical Orientations for Architecture and Planning
In recent years, a formidable gulf has opened up between planning theory and practice. Over the past four decades, planning academics have...
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Craft, Space and Interior Design, 1855-2005
Constructed space is defined by its shape, by the materials with which it is enclosed and by the objects that are placed within or decorate its...
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Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods: Planning and Residential Landscapes of Modern Britain
Given current projections of population and household numbers, housing has become arguably the most important issue in planning. Likewise, planning...
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Politics of the Piazza: The History and Meaning of the Italian Square
Studying the principal spaces of Italian cities, this book explores the relationship between political systems and their methods of representation...
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London's Turning: The Making of Thames Gateway
The Thames Gateway plan is a large project of urban regeneration in the United Kingdom. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Thames...
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Domestic and Institutional Interiors in Early Modern Europe
The early modern period saw the proliferation of religious, public and charitable institutions and the emergence of new educational structures. By...
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Women and the Making of Built Space in England 1870 - 1950
This interdisciplinary collection explores the relationships between women and built space in England between the 1870s and the 1940s. Historians...
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Renaissance Palace in Florence: Magnificence and Splendour in Fifteenth-Century Italy
This book provides a reassessment of the theory of magnificence in light of the related social virtue of splendour. Author James Lindow highlights...
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Environmental Valuation: Interregional and Intraregional Perspectives
Environmental quality is one of the most important issues faced by contemporary urban and regional policy. Amenities such as access to the natural...
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Sculpture and the Garden
Although the integration of sculpture in gardens is part of a long tradition dating back at least to antiquity, the sculptures themselves are often...
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An Architecture of Invitation: Colin St John Wilson
An Architecture of Invitation: Colin St John Wilson is a distinctive study of the life and architectural career of one of the most significant...
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