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The Architecture Drawing Book: RIBA Collections

The Architecture Drawing Book: RIBA Collections

A club house in a castle in the West End of London complete with battlements and turrets from 1882. A design for the post-war reconstruction of the City of London in 1945. A fantasy landscape featuring Le Corbusier’s Capriccio of Notre-Dame du Haut in ruins. A section of a 19th-century townhouse showing a slice of the staircase wallpaper winding from deep navy on the ground floor to pale sky blue at the top. This is a treasury of architectural drawing from the 16th century to the present day. Exploring both how and why architects draw it offers a rich visual history from Palladio Inigo Jones and Augustus Pugin to contemporaries such as Richard Rogers Foster Associates and Zaha Hadid via Sir Christopher Wren George Gilbert Scott and Erno Goldfinger and everything else in between. From back-of-envelope concept sketches to painstaking pen and ink perspectives exploded axonometrics and born-digital drawings this book celebrates the full gamut of architectural representation. With over 200 lush full-colour reproductions this is a window into soul of architectural drawing over the past five hundred years. Includes newly digitised never-seen-before material from the RIBA Collections one of the largest architectural archives in the world. Explores rare drawings and designs from John Nash Sir Edwin Lutyens Frank Lloyd Wright and many more. Insightful commentary alongside each drawing ensures that they are as accessible and engaging as possible. Wide-ranging in scope this book will both inspire and inform. | The Architecture Drawing Book: RIBA Collections

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BIID Interior Design Project Book

BIID Interior Design Project Book

The touchstone guide to running projects from the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID). By setting out actions step-by-step this essential handbook identifies the key obligations of the interior designer at each project stage. Straightforward explanation is supplemented by invaluable checklists and templates. Featuring crucial advice on administering construction contracts it references the new RIBA/BIID Domestic Professional Services Contract 2020 for interior design services. Reflecting the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 and contemporary working practice it provides a systematic operational framework that can be applied to all types of projects. Comprehensive in scope with a logical structure it embraces the theme of collaboration within the project team. It also addresses post-occupancy evaluation modern methods of construction and sustainability. Suitable for projects within any industry sector and practice type from large international firms to sole practitioners it is accessible to designers with different levels of experience. | BIID Interior Design Project Book

GBP 65.00
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New Design for Old Buildings

New Design for Old Buildings

This book is a celebration of good new design for old buildings and the SPAB philosophy that good new architecture can sit happily alongside old and is preferable to pastiche. Endorsing the value of architects who are engaged to work in the historic environment this book explores design materials and technical considerations in creating the best low energy ecological and sustainable retrofits. It has never been more important to understand how old buildings can be adapted to make them useful and sustainable in the future. Showcasing the best examples of imaginative design and best practice this book illustrates how old buildings can be made sustainable through the best new design and puts these design exemplars into a historical and philosophical context. With illustrative case studies and interviews throughout including formal buildings churches domestic buildings commercial industrial and agricultural from all periods in the UK New Design for Old Buildings provides essential guidance on good imaginative new design for old buildings.

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Smart Buildings Technology and the Design of the Built Environment

Smart Buildings Technology and the Design of the Built Environment

How is technology shaping our built environment and changing the practice of architecture? This book explores how buildings and spaces are designed built used and better understood through technology. A practical guide to technical advances including Internet of Things (IoT) 3D printing innovative materials and robotics Smart Buildings also outlines the opportunities for architecture including improved communication flexibility wellbeing productivity and data collection. Bringing together multidisciplinary contributions and case studies from across the globe this book provides an inspiring practical guide on how technology can inspire new architectural ideas improving quality comfort health and wellbeing in the built environment | Smart Buildings Technology and the Design of the Built Environment

GBP 45.00
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Masterplanning for Change Designing the Resilient City

Masterplanning for Change Designing the Resilient City

Cities are under increased pressure to be resilient and resistant to the effects of climate change and rapid urbanisation. However this idea has still not been fully integrated in to practice. This book presents a practical approach to masterplanning the city and its areas (existing and new) as urban environments for the 21st century addressing the design of cities as complex adaptive systems. | Masterplanning for Change Designing the Resilient City

GBP 47.00
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Retrofitting for Flood Resilience A Guide to Building & Community Design

Retrofitting for Flood Resilience A Guide to Building & Community Design

This book educates and introduce readers to the ways in which we can adapt to the threat of flooding throughout the built and natural environment. It offers advice on how to better understand the nature of flood risk whilst highlighting the key approaches and principles necessary for developing community and property-level flood resilience. As a comprehensive and practical manual this book includes richly illustrated diagrams on a variety of concepts and strategies to use when designing for flood resilience. It is vital resource for anyone looking to adapt to the threat of flood risk. Highly practical handbook for architects students engineers urban planners and other built environment professionals Richly illustrated with practical examples and case studies Draws on research with the Cabinet Office Environment Agency & Local Community as well as input from academic and industry experts homeowners and residents of communities at risk of flooding. | Retrofitting for Flood Resilience A Guide to Building & Community Design

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Radical Housing Designing multi-generational and co-living housing for all

Radical Housing Designing multi-generational and co-living housing for all

Radical Housing explores the planning technical financial health-based and social background for developing multi-generational homes and co-living. Abundantly illustrated with case studies and plans from projects across the UK and abroad this book inform sand inspires the delivery of alternative approaches to affordable and flexible housing and is an essential text for architecture practitioners students and community groups. | Radical Housing Designing multi-generational and co-living housing for all

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Are you an inclusive designer?

Are you an inclusive designer?

Despite improvements in the last 20 years we still have a long way to go before all of our buildings places and spaces are easy and comfortable for all of us to use. This book puts forward a powerful case for a totally new attitude towards inclusivity and accessibility. Exploring both the social and the business cases for striving for better this book will empower architects to have more enlightened discussions with their clients about why we should be striving for better than the bare minimum and challenging the notion that inclusive design should be thought of reductively as simply a list of “special features” to be added to a final design or that inclusivity is only about wheelchair access. This book will be to help make inclusive design business as usual rather than something that is added on to address legislation at the end of the development process. Accessible and engaging this book will be an invaluable resource for students as well as practicing architects richly illustrated with case studies showing both good and bad examples of inclusive design and celebrating inclusion. | Are you an inclusive designer?

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Colour and Create Architecture Georgie Finds a Home

Colour and Create Architecture Georgie Finds a Home

Introducing children to the visual language of architecture in a fun creative and engaging way this book is packed with scenes to colour recreate add to and finish off. Featuring scenes from terraces to tower blocks and from skyscrapers (real and imagined) to fantastical scenes featuring pirate ships jungle tree-houses and castles this book features simple activities to encourage children to use their imagination memory and learning/exploration observation (encouraging them to explore their surroundings the architecture around them and the everyday) as well as formulating opinions and responses. Showcasing an exciting array of cross sections axos plans isometrics birds eye views and cutaways this book conveys in an exciting and joyful way the many different aspects of architecture. Both playful and informative this book is an ideal gift for those seeking ways to promote child development in an enjoyable and creative way. Introduces children to the fundamentals of architecture and architectural design in a fun and creative way Aids child development encouraging creativity questioning and observation and helping to develop spatial awareness and dexterity A beautiful object in its own right this book is designed to be personalised and cherished by the user A catalyst to unlock children’s imaginations this book will change the way children see the world around them. | Colour and Create Architecture Georgie Finds a Home

GBP 9.99
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Age-friendly Housing

Age-friendly Housing

This book embeds the principles of how we should approach the design of future housing for an ageing population reminding us that this is not about ‘other people’ but about each of us. This book focuses on anticipating the needs and aspirations of the next generation of older people and touches on what this implies for our communities our towns and our cities as well as for our living spaces. It will look at how well-designed buildings can facilitate the provision of care support independence and wellbeing while providing companionship and stimulation. It will also examine how to ensure that buildings remain flexible over a long life. Dealing mainly with new-build but with a section on adaptation and refurbishment this book sets out the underlying design principles that should be applied and the early decisions that must be taken. | Age-friendly Housing

GBP 44.00
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RIBA Climate Guide

RIBA Climate Guide

Climate change is a threat to humankind which requires immediate action. The built environment has a vital role to play in responding to the climate emergency. There is a pressing need for architects to acquire the requisite skills and knowledge to design buildings that deliver sustainable outcomes meeting the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge and mandatory competence in climate literacy. Equipping you with the key information that built environment professionals require to halt climate change and mitigate its impacts in your day-to-day work this book is organised around six overarching topics: 1. Human Factors 2. Circular Economy 3. Energy and Carbon 4. Water 5. Ecology and Biodiversity 6. Connectivity and Transport Featuring images and original illustrations each themed section will guide you through fundamental elements and competencies for creating a sustainable design and delivery framework that can be implemented by you in your practice. Contextualising the climate emergency within the built environment landscape the guide maps out the essential background knowledge around climate science international agreements legislations commitments and roadmaps. A collection of short building- and urban-scale case studies present key takeaways illustrating real-life applications of design strategies and industry-wide tools as well as standards that are deployed in climate-conscious built environments all around the world. | RIBA Climate Guide

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101 Rules of Thumb for Low-Energy Architecture

101 Rules of Thumb for Low-Energy Architecture

Buildings and construction are a major contributor to the climate and biodiversity emergency. They account for nearly 40% of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. It is more important than ever for architects to design responsibly and create low-carbon low-energy buildings for a sustainable future. 101 Rules of Thumb sets out the essential elements of low-energy architecture in a fresh intuitive way. Where ever-changing technology and complex legislation can cloud the designer’s thought-process this book equips you with the fundamentals you need to minimise CO2 emissions design for low-energy use and work with not against the forces of nature. With reliable simple rules of thumb each page focuses on a single piece of guidance along with a clear hand-drawn illustration. The emphasis is on passive low-energy principles and the rules of thumb cover all the design fundamentals from site and location to orientation and form peppered with ideas to help the designer think outside the box drawing inspiration from traditional methods photoperiodic plants and the black-tailed prairie dog. An extended fully updated narrative bibliography explores the sources in detail and provides a valuable springboard for further study. Applicable throughout the world in any climate region 101 Rules of Thumb is a global primer to be dipped into at any time as a quick means of re-focusing on what’s important when designing a new or retrofitted low-energy building. The rules cover: Site and location Orientation and form The low-energy building envelope Carbon free heating cooling and lighting Passive low-energy principles. | 101 Rules of Thumb for Low-Energy Architecture

GBP 22.00
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Environmental Design Sourcebook Innovative Ideas for a Sustainable Built Environment

Environmental Design Sourcebook Innovative Ideas for a Sustainable Built Environment

How do we design in a climate emergency? A new social and ecological prerogative demands appropriate material choices a re-invention of construction and evolving building programmes that look at lifecycle embodied energy and energy use. Highly illustrated with practical information and simple explanations for design ideas this book is the perfect introduction to sustainable design for architecture students. It presents key concepts in relation to the embodied energy of construction material properties and environmental performance of buildings in an accessible way. In explaining the principles and technologies by which we heat cool moderate and mitigate it demystifies environmental design as a technical exercise and enables students to create sustainable buildings with impact. Keep this sourcebook with you. Features: Amphibious House (Baca Architects) Ashen Cabin (HANNAH) Bunhill 2 Energy Centre (Ramboll Cullinan Studio McGurk Architects and Colloide) Cork House (Matthew Barnett Howland Oliver Wilton and Dido Milne) Dymaxion House (Richard Buckminster Fuller) Eastgate Centre (Mick Pearce) Neuron Pod (Will Alsop – aLL Design and AKT II) Quik House (Adam Kalkin) and Tension Pavilion (StructureMode and Weber Industries). Covers: Acoustics bamboo construction biopolymer bioremediation CLT climatic envelope computational fluid dynamics earthen architecture fabric formwork hempcrete insulation mycelium biofabrication paper construction passive solar heating pneumatic structures solar geometry tensegrity structures thermal mass and more. | Environmental Design Sourcebook Innovative Ideas for a Sustainable Built Environment

GBP 35.00
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Clerk of Works and Site Inspector Handbook 2018 Edition

Clerk of Works and Site Inspector Handbook 2018 Edition

This new edition of the popular handbook is a practical companion for Clerks of Works Site Inspectors and anyone with the responsibility of managing construction works on site. Clerk of Works and Site Inspector Handbook 2018 edition the book explains the traditional site inspector/clerk of works role and their liabilities as well as duties and responsibilities linked to a more contemporary construction setting. It explores the relationship between inspectors architects and other construction professionals whilst providing valuable insight into reporting and what to look for check and test every step of the way. It's an essential reference book for Clerks of Works and Site Inspectors containing important lessons for newly qualified architects those who carry out site inspections or act as resident site architects and Part 3 students.

GBP 57.00
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Thrive A field guide for women in architecture

Thrive A field guide for women in architecture

Architecture needs women. How can the built environment be designed without the expert input of half the population? In spite of the significant number of women choosing to study architecture as undergraduates once qualified women remain in the minority. As professionals their expertise is often overlooked their work devalued and their contribution to the canon forgotten. Yet women’s work is critical to the sustainability of a profession that must aspire to design high-quality buildings for the whole of society. How can architecture attract recruit and retain women? And how can women find ways to thrive within it? Underpinned by inclusion internationalism and intersectionality this practical guide looks back as well as forward exploring the history of women working in architecture as well as interrogating the contemporary landscape. It provides guidance tips and examples for navigating key points in an architect’s career including education practice projects and promotion. Inspiring case studies of women and women-led practices consider what success means and how to negotiate a route to a fruitful career and a balanced life as an architect. The book covers women architects from all walks of life all sizes of practice and from all over the world including Jeanne Gang Yasmeen Lari and Anupama Kundoo as well as many other historical and contemporary women architects and emerging practices. Featuring guidance on: Understanding the barriers and history of women in architecture Expanding the opportunities and visibility of women in leading roles The importance of role models and mentoring. With a foreword by Jane Duncan OBE PPRIBA. | Thrive A field guide for women in architecture

GBP 35.00
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The Happy Design Toolkit Architecture for Better Mental Wellbeing

The Happy Design Toolkit Architecture for Better Mental Wellbeing

If you were to design a building that prioritises occupants’ happiness what would it look like? How would the materials form and layout support healthy ways of living and working? Delving into the evidenced-based research on architecture and mental wellbeing The Happy Design Toolkit helps you to create happier places. It explores how factors such as lighting comfort control over our environments and access to nature exercise and social interaction can impact how we feel. Easy-to-understand tips include bringing nature into your developments with roof gardens and living facades and countering social isolation with communal areas that encourage chance interaction. Each of the featured architectural interventions includes an analysis of the wellbeing benefits as well as the potential limitations or associated challenges. From sparking joy in individual homes and workplaces to encouraging healthier lifestyles through landscaping and urban design this book demonstrates how wellbeing concepts can be integrated across a range of scales and typologies. Packed with inspiration and advice The Happy Design Toolkit will breathe new life into your projects and help you create a happier and more inclusive built environment for everyone. Features real-world examples including Marmalade Lane co-housing by Mole Architects Francis Holland School by BDP Maggie’s Centre Oldham by dRMM Architects Kings Crescent Estate by Karakusevic Carson Architects and Happy Street by Yinka Ilori. Over 100 hand-drawn illustrations of design details and elevations. Essential reading for architects interior designers landscape architects and students. | The Happy Design Toolkit Architecture for Better Mental Wellbeing

GBP 37.00
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Taste A cultural history of the home interior

Taste A cultural history of the home interior

Democratic in intention and approach the book will argue that the home interior as independently created by the ‘amateur’ householder offers a continuous informal critique of shifting architectural styles (most notably with the advent of Modernism) and the design mainstream. Indeed it will suggest that the popular increasingly exerts an influence on the professional. Underpinned by academic rigour but not in thrall to it above all this book is an engaging attempt to identify the cultural drivers of aesthetic change in the home extrapolating the wider influence of ‘taste’ to a broad audience – both professional and ‘trade’. In so doing it will explore enthralling territory – money class power and influence. Illustrated with contemporary drawings and cartoons as well as photos the book will not only be an absorbing read but an enticing and attractive object in itself. | Taste A cultural history of the home interior

GBP 42.00
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Wellbeing in Interiors Philosophy Design and Value in Practice

Wellbeing in Interiors Philosophy Design and Value in Practice

This 4-colour practical guide explores how the design of interior spaces impacts wellbeing. In the built environment this topic is generally overlooked even though it is one of the most important topics in sustainable building. This book will enable project teams to understand how specific decisions about sustainable design and materials can be implemented on a day to day basis. Each Part ends by placing each issue into context exploring how it is a part of sustainable design and includes practical examples. This books raises awareness of the impact interior environments have on wellbeing and provide details and guidance on how to immediately apply the knowledge in this book to short and long term projects. It also quantifies the impacts in financial and other value terms making this book immediately useful in a designer's day-to-day work. | Wellbeing in Interiors Philosophy Design and Value in Practice

GBP 37.00
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How To Win Work The architect's guide to business development and marketing

How To Win Work The architect's guide to business development and marketing

You are a great designer but no-one knows. Now what? This indispensable book written by one of the most influential marketers in architecture will demystify Public Relations and marketing for all architects whether in large practices or practicing as sole practitioners. It bridges the distance between architects and marketing by giving practical tips best practice and anecdotes from an author with 20 years’ experience in architecture marketing. It explains all aspects of PR and Business Development for architects: for example how to write a good press release; how to make a fee proposal; how to prepare for a pitch. It gives examples of how others do it well and the pitfalls to avoid. In addition it discusses more general aspects which are linked to PR and BD such as being a good employer ethics for architects and the challenges when working abroad. Featuring vital insights from a wide variety of architects from multinational practices to small offices this book is an essential companion to any architectural office. | How To Win Work The architect's guide to business development and marketing

GBP 34.00
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Home Extension Design

Home Extension Design

This book is a practical guide for homeowners with checklists and guidance on how to make their project successful. Most people considering a significant alteration to their home have no experience or knowledge of the process that has to be followed to make their project successful and the consequences of things going wrong are serious. As with the first edition this fully-revised guide distils all of the practical information needed to run a project from dream to reality highlighting the pitfalls along the way and suggesting ways to avoid them. Peppered with inspirational case studies and giving indications of costs and timescales Home Extension Design 2e demystifies both the building process and all the surrounding issues to do with design sustainability budgeting planning regulations and the use of building contracts. This book is the essential go-to resource for reliable independent advice on how to set up and run a building project.

GBP 45.00
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The Access Audit Handbook An inclusive approach to auditing buildings

The Access Audit Handbook An inclusive approach to auditing buildings

Our buildings and environments should be inclusive to all but how can we assess this? The Access Audit Handbook is an indispensable tool for auditing the accessibility of buildings and services. This book offers straightforward advice about undertaking access audits and explains how they make buildings environments and services more inclusive. Following the audit the book explains how each of the various report formats works best to communicate recommendations in the content of current legislation funding requirements and best practice in building management. Well established as the best resource for conducting access audits the third edition of The Access Audit Handbook is fully up to date with the latest legal and technical standards as well as developments in equipment and building maintenance. Featuring advice on: Commissioning an access audit Audit methodology Making recommendations Report writing The practical guidance is supported by case studies worked examples and checklists. | The Access Audit Handbook An inclusive approach to auditing buildings

GBP 40.00
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Eric Lyons and Span

Eric Lyons and Span

Due to popular demand we are delighted to offer this new paperback edition of Eric Lyons and Span. Lavishly illustrated and deeply researched this book celebrates the work of the architect Eric Lyons OBE (1912-1980) whose famous post-war housing - that today would be marketed as 'lifestyle housing' - is as well-loved today as it was vibrantly successful when first constructed. Built almost entirely for Span Developments its mission was to provide an affordable environment that gave people a lift. Influenced by Walter Gropius Lyons brought a commitment to high density housing and the idea of fostering community into his Span work without compromising his intuitive sensitivity for landscape. His success brought the practice an impressive array of awards and led to a term as President of the RIBA. The enduring success of his design philosophy can be traced forward to 2005 when Span received a special Housing Design Award given to schemes that meet the current Sustainable Communities Plan. Indeed the concept of Span mirrors current best practice thinking in housing design and continues to offer a fresh relevant challenge to volume housebuilders in Britain today. This book serves as a lively reminder of that fact. Written by distinguished historians practitioners and Span enthusiasts the book has been researched using the archive compiled by Ivor Cunningham one of Lyons ex-partners while a detailed gazetteer contains scale plan drawings of many of Spans housing templates.

GBP 35.00
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Think Like An Architect How to develop critical creative and collaborative problem-solving skills

Think Like An Architect How to develop critical creative and collaborative problem-solving skills

Do you know how to think like an architect? Do you know why you should? How do you make sure that you have the critical thinking tools necessary to prosper in your academic and professional career? This book gives you the answers. Architects have a valuable and critical set of multiple thinking types that they develop throughout the design process. In this book Randy Deutsch shows readers how to access those thinking types and use them outside pure design thinking – showing how they can both solve problems but also identify the problems that need solving. To think the way the best architects do. With a clear driving narrative peppered with anecdote stories and real-life scenarios this book will future-proof the architectural student. Change is coming in the architecture profession and this is a much-needed exploration of the critical thinking skills that architects have in abundance but that are not taught well enough within architecture schools. These skills are crucial in being able to respond agilely to a future that nobody is quite sure of. | Think Like An Architect How to develop critical creative and collaborative problem-solving skills

GBP 33.00
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Interior Design A Professional Guide

Interior Design A Professional Guide

This is a benchmark book which encourages interior designers to raise their professional status and offers their clients an insight into the complex profession of modern interior design. It demystifies what an interior designer does and showcases the range of skills that interior designers can bring to a project to help achieve a successful outcome. The book attempts to explain the broad scope of the interior design profession including:• the wide range of projects and specialisms• the people roles and relationships• the skills and knowledge that designers need• the benefits of using a designer• the importance of a good client-designer relationship. Case Studies illustrate key points pinpointing important project types and showcasing designers working in specialist fields and include comments from clients and end-users. | Interior Design A Professional Guide

GBP 33.00
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Rescue and Reuse Communities Heritage and Architecture

Rescue and Reuse Communities Heritage and Architecture

Historic buildings and places play an essential role in the everyday lives of the people of the UK their cultural identity and the economy. They can inspire creativity and enterprise bring communities together and make people happier about where they live. This book explores how historic buildings across the UK have been brought back to life through the technical and enabling skills creativity and sensitivity of architects. Exemplar projects explored through richly illustrated case studies demonstrate the value to society of re-using historic buildings and will inspire a new generation of architects to get involved with community heritage projects at a time of great opportunity. Drawing on interviews with architects and their community clients this book explores the challenges that they face how they are overcome and the benefits that follow. | Rescue and Reuse Communities Heritage and Architecture

GBP 44.00
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