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Creator:
Hawkes, Dean
Title(s):
Architecture and climate : an environmental history of British architecture, 1600-2000 / Dean Hawkes.
Additional 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 Library
NA2541 .H39 2012 (LC)
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-254) and index.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Environmental aspects -- Great Britain -- History.
Architecture and climate -- Great Britain -- History.
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  • 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.