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"Built by Hand" is the most extensive documentation ever published of vernacular buildings throughout the world. With examples from nearly every continent, the book documents the diverse methods people have used to create shelter from locally available natural materials, and shows the impressive handmade finished products through this truly stunning compilation of(...)
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"Built by Hand" is the most extensive documentation ever published of vernacular buildings throughout the world. With examples from nearly every continent, the book documents the diverse methods people have used to create shelter from locally available natural materials, and shows the impressive handmade finished products through this truly stunning compilation of(...)
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June 2003, Salt Lake City
June 2003, Salt Lake City
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Built by hand : vernacular buildings around the world
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"Built by Hand" is the most extensive documentation ever published of vernacular buildings throughout the world. With examples from nearly every continent, the book documents the diverse methods people have used to create shelter from locally available natural materials, and shows the impressive handmade finished products through this truly stunning compilation of photographs. Unlike modern buildings that rely on industrially produced materials and highly specialized electric tools and techniques, the shelters featured here represent a rapidly disappearing genre of handcrafted and beautifully composed structures. They are the work of people who, as builders and homesteaders, have integrated artistic beauty and practical form into their shelter needs. "Built by Hand" offers insights into the world of vernacular building, along with potential solutions to many of the problems that plague modern architecture. It is a must-have collection that preserves and documents the rich cultural past of each structure and its community, and offers inspiration for those looking to build in a way that is motivated by something larger than speed, efficiency, and economic profit.
Built by hand : vernacular buildings around the world
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"Built by Hand" is the most extensive documentation ever published of vernacular buildings throughout the world. With examples from nearly every continent, the book documents the diverse methods people have used to create shelter from locally available natural materials, and shows the impressive handmade finished products through this truly stunning compilation of photographs. Unlike modern buildings that rely on industrially produced materials and highly specialized electric tools and techniques, the shelters featured here represent a rapidly disappearing genre of handcrafted and beautifully composed structures. They are the work of people who, as builders and homesteaders, have integrated artistic beauty and practical form into their shelter needs. "Built by Hand" offers insights into the world of vernacular building, along with potential solutions to many of the problems that plague modern architecture. It is a must-have collection that preserves and documents the rich cultural past of each structure and its community, and offers inspiration for those looking to build in a way that is motivated by something larger than speed, efficiency, and economic profit.
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June 2003, Salt Lake City
June 2003, Salt Lake City
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Long known for her expertise in log construction, Robbin Obomsawin shakes things up in her newest book "The Not So Log Cabin", which looks at how to incorporate simple log elements into any home. A fresh take on a favourite architectural style, "The Not So Log Cabin" combines log building with conventional construction to create a new hybrid called log-element building.(...)
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Long known for her expertise in log construction, Robbin Obomsawin shakes things up in her newest book "The Not So Log Cabin", which looks at how to incorporate simple log elements into any home. A fresh take on a favourite architectural style, "The Not So Log Cabin" combines log building with conventional construction to create a new hybrid called log-element building.(...)
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The not so log cabin : log-element building and design
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Long known for her expertise in log construction, Robbin Obomsawin shakes things up in her newest book "The Not So Log Cabin", which looks at how to incorporate simple log elements into any home. A fresh take on a favourite architectural style, "The Not So Log Cabin" combines log building with conventional construction to create a new hybrid called log-element building. It is an easy way to get the "log look" while using fewer natural resources. Log-element building ensures a unique home, because it can reflect traditional styles like Adirondack, Southwestern, or Western, depending on the desire of the builder or owner. Complete with original blueprints for log-element building, "The Not So Log Cabin" is a great idea book for building a not-so-ordinary log home.
The not so log cabin : log-element building and design
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Long known for her expertise in log construction, Robbin Obomsawin shakes things up in her newest book "The Not So Log Cabin", which looks at how to incorporate simple log elements into any home. A fresh take on a favourite architectural style, "The Not So Log Cabin" combines log building with conventional construction to create a new hybrid called log-element building. It is an easy way to get the "log look" while using fewer natural resources. Log-element building ensures a unique home, because it can reflect traditional styles like Adirondack, Southwestern, or Western, depending on the desire of the builder or owner. Complete with original blueprints for log-element building, "The Not So Log Cabin" is a great idea book for building a not-so-ordinary log home.
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March 2002, Salt Lake City
March 2002, Salt Lake City
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With the ever-increasing growth of the world’s population, there is a universal need for development that can sustain humanity, in settlements of all sizes, without the depletion of our environmental heritage. For this to be effective it is essential that local, national and international frameworks be set up to ensure the application and utilisation of sustainable(...)
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With the ever-increasing growth of the world’s population, there is a universal need for development that can sustain humanity, in settlements of all sizes, without the depletion of our environmental heritage. For this to be effective it is essential that local, national and international frameworks be set up to ensure the application and utilisation of sustainable(...)
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Sustainable place : a place of sustainable development
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With the ever-increasing growth of the world’s population, there is a universal need for development that can sustain humanity, in settlements of all sizes, without the depletion of our environmental heritage. For this to be effective it is essential that local, national and international frameworks be set up to ensure the application and utilisation of sustainable development objectives. This book addresses the concept of sustainable place. It looks at the distinctive features of place associated with man’s interaction with landscape, architecture and master planning and investigates the potential of these features to form the constituent parts of a framework of assessment. It outlines a framework for determining the energy and environmental capabilities of a locality for sustainable development in consideration of its social, economic, political and cultural prerequisites – a framework that may be applied locally but that also bears a direct relationship to national and international concerns for sustainability. Sustainable Place puts forward the potential elements of an aesthetic for sustainability which may be used anywhere in the world, to facilitate human progress whilst avoiding the disastrous environmental consequences that ill-considered development too often entails.
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With the ever-increasing growth of the world’s population, there is a universal need for development that can sustain humanity, in settlements of all sizes, without the depletion of our environmental heritage. For this to be effective it is essential that local, national and international frameworks be set up to ensure the application and utilisation of sustainable development objectives. This book addresses the concept of sustainable place. It looks at the distinctive features of place associated with man’s interaction with landscape, architecture and master planning and investigates the potential of these features to form the constituent parts of a framework of assessment. It outlines a framework for determining the energy and environmental capabilities of a locality for sustainable development in consideration of its social, economic, political and cultural prerequisites – a framework that may be applied locally but that also bears a direct relationship to national and international concerns for sustainability. Sustainable Place puts forward the potential elements of an aesthetic for sustainability which may be used anywhere in the world, to facilitate human progress whilst avoiding the disastrous environmental consequences that ill-considered development too often entails.
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February 2003, Chichester
February 2003, Chichester
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Passive solar heating and passive cooling--approaches known as natural conditioning--provide comfort throughout the year by reducing, or eliminating, the need for fossil fuel. Yet while heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved. Now Dan Chiras, author of the popular(...)
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Passive solar heating and passive cooling--approaches known as natural conditioning--provide comfort throughout the year by reducing, or eliminating, the need for fossil fuel. Yet while heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved. Now Dan Chiras, author of the popular(...)
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October 2002, White River Junction
October 2002, White River Junction
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The Solar House : Passive heating and cooling
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Passive solar heating and passive cooling--approaches known as natural conditioning--provide comfort throughout the year by reducing, or eliminating, the need for fossil fuel. Yet while heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved. Now Dan Chiras, author of the popular book The Natural House, brings those principles up to date for a new generation of solar enthusiasts. The techniques required to heat and cool a building passively have been used for thousands of years.
The Solar House : Passive heating and cooling
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Passive solar heating and passive cooling--approaches known as natural conditioning--provide comfort throughout the year by reducing, or eliminating, the need for fossil fuel. Yet while heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved. Now Dan Chiras, author of the popular book The Natural House, brings those principles up to date for a new generation of solar enthusiasts. The techniques required to heat and cool a building passively have been used for thousands of years.
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October 2002, White River Junction
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Green buildings are designed specifically to reduce the level of resource consumed, whether energy, raw materials or water. This guide examines, through case studies how different approaches to green design can produce more sustainable patterns of development. The studies are described by their designers and often also by the client, thereby ensuring that the buildings(...)
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Green buildings are designed specifically to reduce the level of resource consumed, whether energy, raw materials or water. This guide examines, through case studies how different approaches to green design can produce more sustainable patterns of development. The studies are described by their designers and often also by the client, thereby ensuring that the buildings(...)
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Green buildings pay - second edition
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Green buildings are designed specifically to reduce the level of resource consumed, whether energy, raw materials or water. This guide examines, through case studies how different approaches to green design can produce more sustainable patterns of development. The studies are described by their designers and often also by the client, thereby ensuring that the buildings are seen in the context of market realities. This new edition features new chapters on "green" schools covering the importance of school buildings to learning, design guidance for schools and two case studies of best practice.
Green buildings pay - second edition
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Green buildings are designed specifically to reduce the level of resource consumed, whether energy, raw materials or water. This guide examines, through case studies how different approaches to green design can produce more sustainable patterns of development. The studies are described by their designers and often also by the client, thereby ensuring that the buildings are seen in the context of market realities. This new edition features new chapters on "green" schools covering the importance of school buildings to learning, design guidance for schools and two case studies of best practice.
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December 2003, London / New York
December 2003, London / New York
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Avec ce volume 5 des «Maisons d'architectes»,Joël Cariou nous présente 16 maisons bois, choisies pour leur inventivité, leur modernité et la justesse de leur intégration dans le site. Les qualités du bois, alliées aux préoccupations écologiques en termes d'environnement et d'habitat expliquent sans doute le fort engouement que rencontre aujourd'hui ce matériau auprès des(...)
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Avec ce volume 5 des «Maisons d'architectes»,Joël Cariou nous présente 16 maisons bois, choisies pour leur inventivité, leur modernité et la justesse de leur intégration dans le site. Les qualités du bois, alliées aux préoccupations écologiques en termes d'environnement et d'habitat expliquent sans doute le fort engouement que rencontre aujourd'hui ce matériau auprès des(...)
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Maisons d'architectes en bois
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Avec ce volume 5 des «Maisons d'architectes»,Joël Cariou nous présente 16 maisons bois, choisies pour leur inventivité, leur modernité et la justesse de leur intégration dans le site. Les qualités du bois, alliées aux préoccupations écologiques en termes d'environnement et d'habitat expliquent sans doute le fort engouement que rencontre aujourd'hui ce matériau auprès des architectes et des maîtres d'ouvrage.
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Avec ce volume 5 des «Maisons d'architectes»,Joël Cariou nous présente 16 maisons bois, choisies pour leur inventivité, leur modernité et la justesse de leur intégration dans le site. Les qualités du bois, alliées aux préoccupations écologiques en termes d'environnement et d'habitat expliquent sans doute le fort engouement que rencontre aujourd'hui ce matériau auprès des architectes et des maîtres d'ouvrage.
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November 2002, Paris
November 2002, Paris
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En Ille-et-Vilaine, et notamment dans le bassin de Rennes, les constructions en terre ont profondément marqué les paysages. Catalogue ouvert sur la diversité des constructions en terre et synthèse des connaissances actuelles dans le domaine.
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En Ille-et-Vilaine, et notamment dans le bassin de Rennes, les constructions en terre ont profondément marqué les paysages. Catalogue ouvert sur la diversité des constructions en terre et synthèse des connaissances actuelles dans le domaine.
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September 2002, Rennes
September 2002, Rennes
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Architecture de terre en Ille-et-Vilaine
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En Ille-et-Vilaine, et notamment dans le bassin de Rennes, les constructions en terre ont profondément marqué les paysages. Catalogue ouvert sur la diversité des constructions en terre et synthèse des connaissances actuelles dans le domaine.
Architecture de terre en Ille-et-Vilaine
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En Ille-et-Vilaine, et notamment dans le bassin de Rennes, les constructions en terre ont profondément marqué les paysages. Catalogue ouvert sur la diversité des constructions en terre et synthèse des connaissances actuelles dans le domaine.
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September 2002, Rennes
September 2002, Rennes
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A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism. "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. As William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue in their provocative, visionary book, however, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave"(...)
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A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism. "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. As William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue in their provocative, visionary book, however, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave"(...)
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January 1900, New York
January 1900, New York
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Cradle to cradle : remaking the way we make things
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A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism. "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. As William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue in their provocative, visionary book, however, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the industrial revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. Why not challenge the notion that human industry must inevitably damage the natural world, they ask. In fact, why not take nature itself as our model? A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we do not consider its abundance wasteful but safe, beautiful, and highly effective; hence, "waste equals food" is the first principle the book sets forth. Products might be designed so that, after their useful life, they provide nourishment for something new-either as "biological nutrients" that safely re-enter the environment or as "technical nutrients" that circulate within closed-loop industrial cycles, without being "downcycled" into low-grade uses (as most "recyclables" now are). Elaborating their principles from experience (re)designing everything from carpeting to corporate campuses, the authors make an exciting and viable case for change.
Cradle to cradle : remaking the way we make things
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A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism. "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. As William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue in their provocative, visionary book, however, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the industrial revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. Why not challenge the notion that human industry must inevitably damage the natural world, they ask. In fact, why not take nature itself as our model? A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we do not consider its abundance wasteful but safe, beautiful, and highly effective; hence, "waste equals food" is the first principle the book sets forth. Products might be designed so that, after their useful life, they provide nourishment for something new-either as "biological nutrients" that safely re-enter the environment or as "technical nutrients" that circulate within closed-loop industrial cycles, without being "downcycled" into low-grade uses (as most "recyclables" now are). Elaborating their principles from experience (re)designing everything from carpeting to corporate campuses, the authors make an exciting and viable case for change.
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January 1900, New York
January 1900, New York
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This book discusses the form and function of American barns. It gives their complete history from Colonial times to the present, and illustrates the range of styles that exists in these structures. "Barn : Preservation & Adaptation" fully demonstrates the adaptability and enduring charm of one of the most iconic forms of American vernacular architecture. It also explores(...)
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This book discusses the form and function of American barns. It gives their complete history from Colonial times to the present, and illustrates the range of styles that exists in these structures. "Barn : Preservation & Adaptation" fully demonstrates the adaptability and enduring charm of one of the most iconic forms of American vernacular architecture. It also explores(...)
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August 2003, New York
August 2003, New York
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Barn : preservation & adaptation
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This book discusses the form and function of American barns. It gives their complete history from Colonial times to the present, and illustrates the range of styles that exists in these structures. "Barn : Preservation & Adaptation" fully demonstrates the adaptability and enduring charm of one of the most iconic forms of American vernacular architecture. It also explores renovations, interior design options, and structural and cosmetic changes that have kept these traditional farm buildings vital and functional into the twenty-first century.
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This book discusses the form and function of American barns. It gives their complete history from Colonial times to the present, and illustrates the range of styles that exists in these structures. "Barn : Preservation & Adaptation" fully demonstrates the adaptability and enduring charm of one of the most iconic forms of American vernacular architecture. It also explores renovations, interior design options, and structural and cosmetic changes that have kept these traditional farm buildings vital and functional into the twenty-first century.
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August 2003, New York
August 2003, New York
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"The boiled frog syndrome" presents compelling evidence to show that the source of the majority of the Western diseases of civilisation that have multiplied over the past 100 years, ranging from cancers to debilitating sicknesses and allergies, can be traced to the modern built environment, our increasing exposure to electromagnetic radiation and the indiscriminate use of(...)
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"The boiled frog syndrome" presents compelling evidence to show that the source of the majority of the Western diseases of civilisation that have multiplied over the past 100 years, ranging from cancers to debilitating sicknesses and allergies, can be traced to the modern built environment, our increasing exposure to electromagnetic radiation and the indiscriminate use of(...)
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The boiled frog syndrome : your health and the built environment
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"The boiled frog syndrome" presents compelling evidence to show that the source of the majority of the Western diseases of civilisation that have multiplied over the past 100 years, ranging from cancers to debilitating sicknesses and allergies, can be traced to the modern built environment, our increasing exposure to electromagnetic radiation and the indiscriminate use of untested advanced technology. It is also due, in part, to the 20th century's repudiation of perennial wisdom. Our physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing will depend on our endeavours to bring about fundamental changes to combat the hazards. But how can this be done? And what can we - the so-called ordinary people - do about it? The text explores how our subtle energy sensitivities respond to the external environment and suggests the steps we can take to ensure our homes and workplaces are safe and conducive to our continued good health. For this it draws on common sense and the author's personal experience as a practising architect and consultant. It is also based on the wisdom and teachings of the past, gleaned from those who knew how to create a healthy, harmonious environment. This book provides the reader with the 'ammunition' to challenge the attitudes of the practitioners and their teaching institutions who are engaged in the built environment.
The boiled frog syndrome : your health and the built environment
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"The boiled frog syndrome" presents compelling evidence to show that the source of the majority of the Western diseases of civilisation that have multiplied over the past 100 years, ranging from cancers to debilitating sicknesses and allergies, can be traced to the modern built environment, our increasing exposure to electromagnetic radiation and the indiscriminate use of untested advanced technology. It is also due, in part, to the 20th century's repudiation of perennial wisdom. Our physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing will depend on our endeavours to bring about fundamental changes to combat the hazards. But how can this be done? And what can we - the so-called ordinary people - do about it? The text explores how our subtle energy sensitivities respond to the external environment and suggests the steps we can take to ensure our homes and workplaces are safe and conducive to our continued good health. For this it draws on common sense and the author's personal experience as a practising architect and consultant. It is also based on the wisdom and teachings of the past, gleaned from those who knew how to create a healthy, harmonious environment. This book provides the reader with the 'ammunition' to challenge the attitudes of the practitioners and their teaching institutions who are engaged in the built environment.
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June 2002, Chichester
June 2002, Chichester
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