Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament: David Boswell Reid and Disruptive Environmentalism

ISBN-13: 9781138741522 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 264 str.

Henrik Schoenefeldt

Opis

Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament explores the history of the UK Houses of Parliament in Westminster from an environmental design perspective, and the role David Boswell Reid played in the development of the original ventilation and climate control system in parliament.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Foreword by Dean Hawkes; Preface; Introduction: Disruptive environmentalism; Part 1: The Experimental phase 1835-39; Chapter 1. The origins of an empirical approach to design, 1832-183; Chapter 2. Reconstructing the Temporary Houses of Parliament, 1835-1851; Chapter 3. Testing the theory under real-life conditions; Part 2: Attempted Application, 1840-46; Chapter 4. A tentative master plan for ventilating the Palace of Westminster; Chapter 5. Reid’s original proposals for the two debating chambers, 1842-46; Part 3: Realisation within new borders, 1847-52; Chapter 6. Barry’s system in the House of Lords, 1847-54; Chapter 7. Towards an independent system for the Houses of Commons; Part 4: Critical evaluations and adaptation, 1852-1941; Chapter 8. Reid’s short-lived experiments in the House of Commons, 1852-54; Chapter 9. After Reid; Reflections