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“prof gordon campbell”

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  • The Hermit in the Garden

    From Imperial Rome to Ornamental Gnome

    by Prof Gordon Campbell ...
    Tracing its distant origins to the villa of the Roman emperor Hadrian in the second century AD, the eccentric phenomenon of the ornamental hermit enjoyed its heyday in the England of the eighteenth century It was at this time that it became highly fashionable for owners of country estates to commission architectural follies for their landscape gardens. These follies often included hermitages, many ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD

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  • Chinese Houses

    The Architectural Heritage of a Nation

    by Ronald G. Knapp ...
    Winner of ForeWord Magazine's Architecture "Book of the Year" Award!Exquisite examples of traditional dwellings are scattered throughout modern-day China. Chinese Houses focuses on 20 well-preserved traditional Chinese homes, presenting examples from a range of rural and metropolitan areas throughout China.The photographs of each are accompanied by extensive background information and historical ... Read more

    $62.39 CAD

  • Design for Nature in Dementia Care

    by Garuth Chalfont ...
    Series series University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides
    Maintaining a connection to nature is increasingly recognised as an important component of caring for a person with dementia. Design for Nature in Dementia Care provides comprehensive examples of ways to connect to nature through indoor and outdoor activities.The author describes a wide range of activities that offer a connection to nature, such as caring for house plants and pets, gardening and ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Building Taliesin

    Frank Lloyd Wright’s Home of Love and Loss

    by Ron McCrea ...
    Through letters, memoirs, contemporary documents, and a stunning assemblage of photographs - many of which have never before been published - author Ron McCrea tells the fascinating story of the building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, which would be the architect's principal residence for the rest of his life. Photos taken by Wright's associates show rare views of Taliesin under construction ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Contemporary Asian Pools and Gardens

    by Chami Jotisalikorn, Karina Zabihi ...
    Series series Contemporary Asian Home Series
    With over 180 color photographs and insightful commentary, this Asian design book showcases the most luxurious and cutting edge pools and gardens of the Pacific region.The new Asian garden is all about structure and sensuality, and the delicate balance of enhancing the architecture and design of the house that it encompasses. Secret nooks, meandering paths, sculptures, water features and carefully ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Green Roof Ecosystems

    Edited by Richard K. Sutton ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides an up-to-date coverage of green (vegetated) roof research, design, and management from an ecosystem perspective. It reviews, explains, and poses questions about monitoring, substrate, living components and the abiotic, biotic and cultural aspects connecting green roofs to the fields of community, landscape and urban ecology. The work contains examples of green roof venues that ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Visual Research Methods in Design (Routledge Revivals)

    by Henry Sanoff ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1991, this book is about applications and issues relating to the visual environment. The content pertains to the understanding of human behaviour in the environment by recording behaviour and actions or by direct interaction with people. The author examines research and planning methods that primarily stress the visual features of the physical environment. Traditionally, ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Hanok: The Korean House

    Timeless Korean Architecture

    by Nani Park, Robert J. Fouser ...
    Appreciate the understated glamour and traditional comfort in this collection of the most excellent examples of timeless Korean architecture.Hanok: The Korean House provides new insights on the stylish traditional Korean homes that are experiencing a resurgence of popularity in Seoul today. While the exteriors of these houses are indistinguishable from traditional hanok built decades ago, the ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

  • Transforming Parks and Protected Areas

    Policy and Governance in a Changing World

    Edited by Kevin S. Hanna, Douglas A. Clark, D. Scott Slocombe ...
    **This title was originally published in 2007. The version published in 2012 is a PB reprint of the original HB** The protection of natural resources and biodiversity through protected areas is increasingly based on ecological principles. Simultaneously the concept of ecosystem-based management has become broadly accepted and implemented over the last two decades. However, this period has also ... Read more

    $92.06 CAD

  • Modern Thai House

    Innovative Designs in Tropical Asia

    by Robert Powell ...
    With rich photography and insightful commentary, this Thai architecture and interior design book showcases some of the finest modern masterpieces in Southeast Asia.A tremendous body of sophisticated and sensitively designed architectural work has been produced in Thailand in the first decade of the 21st century. The 25 houses in The Modern Thai House illustrate the radical new ideas coming from a ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Vernacular Buildings

    A Global Survey

    by Allen Noble ...
    Constancy permits the evolution of types and characteristics to be identified, even in widely spread locations. It helps trace the origins of structures, despite later modifications. And change allows one to trace the effects of difference in environment, fashion, cultural ideas and economic influences. Change and constancy operate together, although one may or other may dominate at a particular ... Read more

    $183.99 CAD

  • Place-Keeping

    Open Space Management in Practice

    Edited by Nicola Dempsey, Harry Smith, Mel Burton ...
    Place-Keeping presents the latest research and practice on place-keeping – that is, the long-term management of public and private open spaces – from around Europe and the rest of the world. There has long been a focus in urban landscape planning and urban design on the creation of high-quality public spaces, or place-making. This is supported by a growing body of research which shows how high ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD