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“ken worpole”

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  • Here Comes the Sun

    Architecture and Public Space in 20th-Century European Culture

    by Ken Worpole ...
    Here Comes the Sun looks at how social reformers, planners and architects in the early twentieth century tried to remake the city in the image of a sunlit, ordered utopia. While much has been written about architectural modernism, Worpole concentrates less on buildings and more on the planning of the spaces in-between – the parks, public squares, open-air museums, promenades, public pools and ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Modern Hospice Design

    The Architecture of Palliative and Social Care

    by Ken Worpole ...
    The new edition of this acclaimed book comprehensively updates its timely advocacy of the need for good quality palliative care, today more necessary than ever. Rooted in the social history of the care of the elderly and terminally ill, Modern Hospice Design: The Architecture of Palliative and Social Care takes cognisance of the new conditions of social care in the 21st century, principally in the ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Richer Futures

    Fashioning a new politics

    Edited by Ken Worpole ...
    In every area of life, traditional, centralized party politics has been failing and the seeds of a new form of political life are being sown. This is true in housing, health, education, consumption and transport, where public policy is attracting increasing criticism. In an age of social alienation and urban despondency Richer Futures is a timely response to the growing interest in community-based ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Last Landscapes

    The Architecture of the Cemetery in the West

    by Ken Worpole ...
    Last Landscapes is an exploration of the cult and celebration of death, loss and memory. It traces the history and design of burial places throughout Europe and the USA, ranging from the picturesque tradition of the village churchyard to tightly packed ‘cities of the dead’, such as the Jewish Cemetery in Prague and Père Lachaise in Paris. Other landscapes that feature in this book include the war ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Contemporary Library Architecture

    A Planning and Design Guide

    by Ken Worpole ...
    Focusing on the practical issues which need to be addressed by anyone involved in library design, here Ken Worpole offers his renowned expertise to architects, planners, library professionals, students, local government officers and members interested in creating and sustaining successful library buildings and services. Contemporary Library Architecture: A Planning and Design Guide features:a ... Read more

    $110.99 USD

  • Libraries In A World Of Cultural Change

    by Liz Greenhalgh, Ken Worpole ...
    A study of libraries and the role they play in both inner city areas and dispersed rural communities. It examines the library as a cultural institution, considering its spatial and symbolic presence and exploring its public service remit. The book is intended for undergraduates and postgraduates on library and information science courses and as supplementary reading for cultural and communications ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

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  • Weather Architecture

    by Jonathan Hill ...
    Weather Architecture further extends Jonathan Hill’s investigation of authorship by recognising the creativity of the weather. At a time when environmental awareness is of growing relevance, the overriding aim is to understand a history of architecture as a history of weather and thus to consider the weather as an architectural author that affects design, construction and use in a creative ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • University Planning and Architecture

    The search for perfection

    by Jonathan Coulson, Paul Roberts, Isabelle Taylor ...
    The environment of a university – what we term a campus – is a place with special resonance. They have long been the setting for some of history’s most exciting experiments in the design of the built environment. Christopher Wren at Cambridge, Le Corbusier at Harvard, and Norman Foster at the Free University Berlin: the calibre of practitioners who have shaped the physical realm of academia is ... Read more

    $180.00 USD

  • Design History

    A Students' Handbook

    Edited by Hazel Conway ...
    Hazel Conway introduces the student new to the subject to different areas of design history and shows some of the ways in which it can be studied and some of its delights and difficulties. No background knowledge of design history, art or architecture is assumed. ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945 to 1990

    by Peter Blundell Jones, Eamonn Canniffe ...
    Once again, new interpretations are presented of some of the most famous architecture of the period. Work by lesser-known architects, whose influence and role have been overlooked by conventional histories of the subject, is discussed. The case study structure allows each example to be discussed and used as a springboard to explore different theoretical approaches. Filled with beautiful ... Read more

    $200.00 USD

  • The Conservation Movement: A History of Architectural Preservation

    Antiquity to Modernity

    by Miles Glendinning ...
    Winner of the 2016 Antoinette Forrester Downing Award presented by the Society of Architectural Historians.In many cities across the world, particularly in Europe, old buildings form a prominent part of the built environment, and we often take it for granted that their contribution is intrinsically positive. How has that widely-shared belief come about, and is its continued general acceptance ... Read more

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  • Designing Modern Britain

    by Cheryl Buckley ...
    From the iconic Routemaster bus to the Dyson vacuum cleaner, the graphics of Penguin bookcovers or Vivienne Westwood garments, Britain has been at the forefront of design practice. In this informative and broad-ranging book Cheryl Buckley examines the culture as well as the products of design in Britain. In doing so, she explores questions of national identity, regional variations and notions of ... Read more

    $28.69 USD