Contemporary Vernacular Design : How British Housing Can Rediscover Its Soul.

This book presents 25 international housing schemes that draw on traditional vernacular principles whilst taking into account modern day materials, methods and financial or energy requirements. The aim is to show how, despite mass housing needs, we can design quality modern schemes that fit' th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nash, Clare
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Milton : RIBA Publications, 2017.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Vernacular architecture.
Architecture, Domestic > 21st century.
Vernacular architecture > Great Britain.
Architecture, Domestic > Great Britain > History > 21st century.
Architecture, Domestic > Environmental aspects.
Housing > Great Britain.
Architecture vernaculaire.
Architecture vernaculaire > Grande-Bretagne.
vernacular architecture.
ARCHITECTURE > General.
Architecture, Domestic.
Housing.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; Foreword; Introduction; PART 1: VIEW ON THE VERNACULAR; 1.1 Housing
  • The British View; 1.2 What is Contemporary Vernacular Design?; 1.3 Contemporary Vernacular Design Qualities; PART 2: UK HOUSING; 2.1 Barking, London; 2.2 Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk; 2.3 Derwenthorpe, York; 2.4 Elmswell, Suffolk; 2.5 Fulmodeston and Barney, Norfolk; 2.6 New Islington, Manchester; 2.7 Osprey Quay, Portland; 2.8 Plockton, Scottish Highlands; 2.9 St Fagans, Cardiff; 2.10 Swindon, Wiltshire; Lessons from UK Housing; PART 3: CO-HOUSING
  • 3.1 Ashley Vale, Bristol3.2 Copper Lane, London; 3.3 Lancaster Co-Housing, Halton; 3.4 LILAC, Leeds; 3.5 Springhill Co-Housing, Stroud; 3.6 Sieben Linden, Germany; Lessons from Co-housing; PART 4: EUROPE; 4.1 Biesland, Netherlands; 4.2 Eden Bio, France; 4.3 Lake Constance, Germany; 4.4 Vetlanda, Sweden; 4.5 Vorarlberg, Austria; Lessons from Europe; PART 5: REST OF THE WORLD; 5.1 Centro Lak'a Uta, Bolivia; 5.2 Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea; 5.3 New South Wales, Australia; 5.4 Santiago, Chile; 5.5 Yan'an, China; Lessons from the Rest of the World
  • Conclusion: How Can British Housing Rediscover its Soul?Notes; Further Reading; Index; Image Credits

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