Hawkes, Dean.

Architecture and climate : an environmental history of British architecture, 1600-2000 / Environmental history of British architecture, 1600-2000 Dean Hawkes. - 1st ed. - London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012. - x, 261 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-254) and index.

Introduction -- Climate described -- Robert Smythson and the environment of the Elizabethan country house -- Christopher Wren and the origins of building science -- Palladianism and the climate of England -- Building in the climate of the nineteenth century city -- The arts and crafts house climatically considered -- The modern movement house in the British climate -- The environmental architecture of Alison and Peter Smithson.

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Architecture and climate--History.--Great Britain
Architecture--Environmental aspects--History.--Great Britain

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