Decoding homes and houses / Julienne Hanson ; with contributions by Bill Hillier, Hillaire Graham, and David Rosenberg.

Main entry:

Hanson, Julienne.

Title & Author:

Decoding homes and houses / Julienne Hanson ; with contributions by Bill Hillier, Hillaire Graham, and David Rosenberg.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Description:

vi, 318 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. An introduction to the study of houses -- Ch. 2. Tradition and change in the English house -- Ch. 3. Ideas are in things / Julienne Hansen, Bill Hillier and Hillaire Graham -- Ch. 4. Two domestic 'space codes' compared / Julienne Hansen and Bill Hillier -- Ch. 5. Shaping the taste of middle England -- Ch. 6. Configuration and society in the English country house -- Ch. 7. Visibility and permeability in the Rietveld Schroder house / Julienne Hansen and David Rosenberg -- Ch. 8. The anatomy of privacy in architects' London houses -- Ch. 9. 'Deconstructing' architects' houses -- Ch. 10. Decoding dwellings: the way ahead.

Summary:

Using computer-based techniques designed to retrieve and interpret social/symbolic information, this text examines how domestic space provides a framework for everyday life.

Resources:
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Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521572843 (hb)
9780521572842 (hb)
0521543517 (pbk.)
9780521543514 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic England.
Space (Architecture) England Psychological aspects.
Personal space England Psychological aspects.
Architecture and society England.
Architecture domestique Angleterre.
Espace (Architecture) Angleterre Aspect psychologique.
Espace personnel Angleterre Aspect psychologique.
Architecture et société Angleterre.
Architecture and society.
Architecture, Domestic.
Personal space Psychological aspects.
Space (Architecture) Psychological aspects.
Architecture, Domestic Great Britain.
Space (Architecture) Great Britain Psychological aspects.
Personal space Great Britain Psychological aspects.
Architecture and society Great Britain.
England.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201872
Call No.: NA7328 .H3 1998
Status: Available

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