Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> Buildings - Residential

Building or rebuilding their houses was one of the main concerns of the English nobility and gentry, some might say their greatest achievement. This is the first book to look at the building of country houses as a whole. Creating Paradise shows why owners embarked on building programmes, often following the Grand Tour or excursions around other houses in England; where they looked for architectural inspiration and assistance; and how the building work was actually done. It deals not only with great houses, including Holkham and Castle Howard, but also the diversity of smaller ones, such as...

Since the Garden of Eden, humanity has been concerned with shelter. Yet housing means different things to different people. This work is a comprehensive, historical reference guide that reviews housing concepts and issues. It introduces the reader to the current body of literature and seminal work in housing from a multidisciplinary perspective. The nature of the topic is multifaceted, fragmented, and demanding of serious study from diverse disciplines--this study spans the broad domains of housing knowledge in architectural history and theory; environment and behavior; design process and...

As preservationist Mary Carol Miller talked with Mississippians about her books on lost mansions and landmarks, enthusiasts brought her more stories of great architecture ravaged by time. The twenty-seven houses included in her new book are among the most memorable of Mississippi's vanished antebellum and Victorian mansions. The list ranges from the oldest house in the Natchez region, lost in a 1966 fire, to a Reconstruction-era home that found new life as a school for freed slaves. From two Gulf Coast landmarks both lost to Hurricane Katrina, to the mysteriously misplaced facades of...

Blending architectural and social history with the necessity--and the passion--for food, this engaging new book attempts to understand the development of the American house by viewing it through one very specific lens: the food axis. Taking in far more than the kitchen, author Elizabeth Collins Cromley explores all areas of food management within the home--preparation, cooking, consumption, and disposal. Her food axis implies a network of related spaces above and below ground, both attached to the house and separate from it. Studying the use and interaction of these spaces, and the ways in...

Recent societal changes have brought about renewed interest from architects, town planners, housing officials and the public in terraces and townhouses. The small footprint that this style of house occupies allows a sustainable high density approach to habitation, slowing sprawl and creating energy-efficient affordable living.

Townhouses have been used for hundreds of years, and their evolution is covered from their inception right up to the present day. With the changing demographics of buyers in mind, Avi Friedman details how the design of these houses can be adapted to keep-up...

Qualitatsvolle Wohnbauten sind weit mehr als eine Aneinanderreihung unterschiedlicher Grundrisse. Das stadtische Wohnhaus vermittelt in erster Linie zwischen privatem Ruckzug und stadtischer Offentlichkeit. Vielschichtige Grenzbeziehungen zwischen innen und auen werden dabei auf verschiedensten Mastabsebenen verhandelt. wohnen+ legt den Schwerpunkt auf die Untersuchung der baulich-raumlichen sowie sozial-kommunikativen Schnittstellen im Wohnungsbau. Die Publikation gliedert sich in die vier Kapitel Stadtebau, Erdgeschoss, Gebaudestruktur und Fassade, denen 67 internationale Projekte...

Disasters can dominate newspaper headlines and fill our TV screens with relief appeals, but the complex long-term challenge of recovery providing shelter, rebuilding safe dwellings, restoring livelihoods and shattered lives generally fails to attract the attention of the public and most agencies. On average 650 disasters occur each year. They affect more than 200 million people and cause $166 trillion of damage. Climate change, population growth and urbanisation are likely to intensify further the impact of natural disasters and add to reconstruction needs. "Recovery from Disaster...

Disasters can dominate newspaper headlines and fill our TV screens with relief appeals, but the complex long-term challenge of recovery-providing shelter, rebuilding safe dwellings, restoring livelihoods and shattered lives-generally fails to attract the attention of the public and most agencies. On average 650 disasters occur each year. They affect more than 200 million people and cause $166 trillion of damage. Climate change, population growth and urbanisation are likely to intensify further the impact of natural disasters and add to reconstruction needs. Recovery from...

Dieser Band behandelt die Schaffung von hauslichem Raum sowie kulturelle Fragen zu Privatsphare und Selbstdarstellung in der romischen Antike. Im Zentrum der Diskussion steht eine Gruppe prachtvoller Raume, in denen Grundriss, Architektur und Dekor auf die Anwesenheit von ein oder zwei Betten bzw. Liegen hinweisen. Fur Untersuchungen dieser Art bilden die Ausgrabungen von Pompeii mit ihrer Konzentration von auswert- und vergleichbarem Material eine bedeutende Datenquelle. So enthullen die Ruinen das einzigartige Zusammenspiel von Raum, Einrichtung und Lebensstil und zeigen, wie auf diese...