Books: Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment
Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment:
Non-Domestic Buildings
Nick C. Baker (Earthscan July 2009)
The Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Non-Domestic Buildings offers architects, engineers and a wide range of building professionals practical advice, illustrated by real examples. It moves from principles of sustainable refurbishment to specific design and engineering guidance. It emphasises the need for an integrated approach by showing how refurbishment measures interact with one and other, and with the occupants, and how performance is ultimately influenced by this interaction.
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Living space is a precious commodity. Few of us have as much space as we’d like, whether we live in a studio or have a key room that’s just too small. Rebecca Tanqueray presents compact homes that show how clever use of colour, lighting or other elements makes for a spacious feel. She explores the organisation of space, including areas for living, cooking, working, bathing and sleeping, and how to make your home multi-functional. Solutions tackle elements crucial to the compact home – including dividing space, using colour, lighting and texture, and clever storage and furniture. 
The political, social, and economic upheaval of the early twentieth century generated an extraordinary range of proposals for the future as successive generations grappled with issues of organising vast urban systems and humanising dense industrial environments. As conceptual design became the vehicle for exploring ideas and presenting new movements, a dialogue between technology and design began to emerge.
In Famous Interiors, Vandertol uses inspiring international interior – photos of eight celebrities as a starting point. The reader peeps into Easy Rider Dennis Hopper’s steel barn in Los Angeles; is invited into the home of the founders of the Missoni fashion house, known for their outstanding blend of colourful creations and modern art; discovers the interior of the Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace in the famous Park Plaza, and many more. He then gives numerous styling tips and tricks and shows the reader how to recreate the same luxurious and stylish look within his own home. The reader looks over the shoulder of a renowned interior designer, as van der Tol explains the reader step by step how to create a stylish, modern home. What colours do you use? What do you look for when shopping? How do you blend different styles and materials? How do you create that look of luxury? This book tells all. 
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Ingo Maurer has been illuminating lives since 1966, when he designed his first light fixture for an installation at the Herman Miller showroom in Munich, Germany. His creation was entitled “Bulb” and featured a light bulb within a light bulb. The design was so successful that Maurer had to produce more to match the demand. Since then, his fascination with lighting, his pursuit of simplicity of form and his talents as a graphic designer and typographer have brought him to the forefront of his field. His work has been exhibited in countless museums and it has brightened urban bridges, artistic exhibitions, retail and commercial spaces as well as many private homes. 
Newly reprinted to coincide with the major exhibition in Liverpool, starting on the 2nd October, this exhibition catalogue and book offers an overview of Le Corbusier’s work as an architect and a designer of comprehensive ideas. It provides insights into his furniture, interior design and art as a catalyst for the creative developments of his time.
This title presents an international selection of single-family properties, from environments as diverse as rural villages, city centres, low-density suburbs and areas of natural isolation. These entail a great variety of structural, design and construction solutions and a range of materials and techniques, providing the book with a rich blend of technical data.