Interior Design Books

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21. Architecture in Words

    Theatre, Language and the Sensuous Space of Architecture

    By Louise Pelletier

    What if the house you are about to enter was built with the confessed purpose of seducing you, of creating various sensations destined to touch your soul and make you reflect on who you are? Could architecture have such power? This was the assumption of generations of architects at the beginning of...

    Published May 4th 2006 by Routledge
22. Accessible Housing

    Quality, Disability and Design

    By Rob Imrie

    Considering the interrelationships between disability and housing design with a focus on the role of policy in addressing the housing needs of disabled people, this book sets out some of the broader debates about the nature of housing, quality and design. In what ways are domestic design and...

    Published September 7th 2005 by Routledge
23. Space Meets Status

    Designing Workplace Performance

    By Jacqueline Vischer

    Showing how worker productivity and stress levels are affected by factors such as lighting, ventilation, temperature, noise and layout, this book demonstrates how the technical aspects of human comfort do not always tally with users' perceptions and behaviour. With vivid examples and case studies...

    Published August 3rd 2005 by Routledge
24. Negotiating Domesticity

    Spatial Productions of Gender in Modern Architecture

    Edited by Hilde Heynen, Gülsüm Baydar

    In the home the intricate relations between architecture, gender and domesticity become visible. Negotiating Domesticity investigates the many and complex themes evoked by the interconnections between these terms. Topics covered include famous as well as less well-known...

    Published May 8th 2005 by Routledge
25. Lighting: Interior and Exterior

    By Robert Bean, Robert Bean

    This guide shows how the concepts used in lighting design arise from the needs of the designer and the user. These concepts are shown in a practical context to enable you to develop and improve your design skills.Through examples and exercises, this book makes it easier for the student to acquire...

    Published December 23rd 2003 by Routledge
26. The Distributed Workplace

    Sustainable Work Environments

    Edited by Andrew Harrison, Paul Wheeler, Carolyn Whitehead

    The Distributed Workplace provides in one volume essential information on sustainable work environments which will be invaluable to those developing workplace strategies for end-user organizations as well as suppliers of office buildings, information and communications technologies and building...

    Published November 26th 2003 by Routledge
27. Women's Places

    Architecture and Design 1860-1960

    Edited by Brenda Martin, Penny Sparke

    What was different about the environments that women created as architects, designers and clients at a time when they were gaining increasing political and social status in a male world? Through a series of case studies, Women's Places: Architecture and Design 1860-1960, examines in detail the...

    Published July 2nd 2003 by Routledge
28. Architect's Guide to Feng Shui

    By Cate Bramble

    Cate Bramble has devoted her career to highlighting the differences between 'feng shui-lite' as a fashionable pursuit in contrast to the original intentions of the Chinese masters. Here she presents the authentic principles in a technical, no-nonsense pocket book specifically for architects. As...

    Published May 25th 2003 by Routledge
29. Lit Interior

    By Frederick H Jones, William J Fielder

    Presents an organised, comprehensive and easy to understand overview of the lighting design process. It covers every topic from the nature of light itself, through selecting the correct equipment, to preparing project plans and the finished design documents.Using a dummy example the student is...

    Published December 12th 2001 by Routledge
30. Tomorrow's Office

    Creating Effective and Humane Interiors

    By Roger Cunliffe, Santa Raymond

    'A text which will be valuable for architects and clients...much of practical value...well illustrated...Buy the book if you are involved in office design; it will set you on the path.' Building Design Tomorrow's Office is an ideal sourcebook for architects, interior designers, and others...

    Published March 22nd 2000 by Taylor & Francis