Riba Book of 20th Century British Housing - Couverture souple

Colquhoun, Ian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0750630744 ISBN 13 : 9780750630740

Editeur : Architectural Press, 1999

Synopsis

* Comprehensive history of British housing * Specific sections on Scottish and Northern Ireland housing * Foreword by the President of the RIBA, David Rock * Key design issues * Highly illustrated throughout 'RIBA Book of 20th Century British Housing' arises from Ian Colquhoun's membership of the RIBA Housing Group, and reflects the numerous requests for information on British housing received from architects in the UK and overseas. The resulting book looks at the design solutions developed during this century and is illustrated from around 200 of the best projects. Ian Colquhoun's book is both a guide to the most significant schemes built in Britain during the century, and a resource for practitioners in housing development and students of architecture and other courses relating to the built environment. The book provides an overview of the evolution of housing development in the 20th century, describing and illustrating projects with key plans, drawings and photographs. It includes present-day schemes and estate regeneration as well as special sections on housing in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Ian Colquhoun is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside and an architect and town planner. He has written three major books on housing design and urban regeneration.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

His career has spanned both practice and university teaching, mainly in the areas of housing design and urban regeneration. He has held the posts of Principal Housing Architect with the City of Sheffield, Hull City Architect, Professor of Architecture at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside (now Lincoln), and Visiting Professor at Queen s University, Belfast and Chiba University, Japan. He is currently engaged in community planning where he is putting into practice some of the theories included in this book. He is the author of 4 previous books on housing design and urban regeneration.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Architectural Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0750630744
• ISBN 13: 9780750630740
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 358
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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