Many people who live in and visit the Lake District are charmed by the traditional buildings that enhance the landscape. This book introduces the traditional houses, barns, watermills and chapels of the Lake District and the surrounding hills and val...

Exotic trees in England and a rainforest in Zurich, a seed bank on the arctic island of Spitsbergen and urban agriculture in Tanzania, trade in old trees in China and biodiversity in Senegal. Tree Nursery. Cultivating the Urban Jungle uses the exampl...

Traditional designs for British farm buildings, including barns, mills, pigsties, cowsheds, dovecotes, and other types, originated in the Middle Ages and developed through the various agricultural revolutions, until the slump of the 1880s brought an...

The third edition contains a completely new and exciting chapter on the Vernacular Revival, which carries the story forward from the nineteenth to the late twentieth century, and is illustrated with Dr Brunskill's fine drawings, a feature of the book...

This wide-ranging book explores in great detail British medieval houses, from humble to grand. Anthony Quiney synthesizes archaeological, architectural and historical findings to present a comprehensive survey of houses throughout Britain from the ea...

Thomas Jeckyll (1827-1881) ranks among the least understood and most tragic Aesthetic Movement figures in England. This abundantly illustrated book explores his innovative and brilliant designs in architecture, furniture, metalwork and interiors and...

Composed of colour photographs taken in and around national and international airports, this volume presents graphic design related to air travel. The film director Marco Brambilla has taken images from the highly coded systems and endless architectu...

An innovation brought to theatre technology by the theatre designer George C. Izenour is a "trans-sondant" curtain, mimicking a wall, which allows halls visually to metamorphose into small or large performance spaces while retaining optimum acoustic...