Dean Hawkes (UK University of Cambridge)

Architecture and Climate

An Environmental History of British Architecture 1600-2000

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the evolving relationship between the architecture and climate of Britain from the late sixteenth century to the twentieth century. Through detailed studies of buildings by major architects it explores how the unique character of the climate of the British Isles has had a fundamental influence on the nature of buildings of all kinds and periods, in both country and city. The discussion connects architectural history to the developing field of climate history and makes further connection with the representation of the climate in literature and fine art. The book is copiously illustrated with drawings and photographs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 195mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 604g
• ISBN-13: 9780415561877
• ISBN-10: 0415561876
• Artikelnr.: 34224580

Autorenporträt

Dean Hawkes is emeritus professor of architectural design at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University and emeritus fellow of Darwin College, University of Cambridge. His previous books include The Environmental Tradition (1996), The Selective Environment (2002) and The Environmental Imagination (2008). In 2010 he received the RIBA's biennial Annie Spink Award for excellence in architectural education.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Climate Described 2. Robert Smythson and the Environment of
the Elizabethan Country House 3. Christopher Wren and the Origins of
Building Science 4. Palladianism and the Climate of England 5. Building in
the Climate of the Nineteenth Century City 6. The Arts and Crafts House
Climatically Considered 7. The Modern Movement House in the British Climate
8. The Environmental Architecture of Alison and Peter Smithson