Developments in IT and the resulting knowledge-based economy have challenged traditional concepts of office design, as well as many of the larger architectural and urban…

Bringing together interior design and architectural theory, this exciting text looks at the common practices of building alteration, reconsidering established ideas and methods, to initiate…

The design of bars and cafes has played an important role in the development of architecture in the twentieth century. This influence has been felt…

Presenting a critical and theoretical dimension to retail design, Boutiques and Other Retail Spaces links the ideas behind it to real practice in this innovative…

Taking a radical position counter to many previous histories and theories of the interior, domesticity and the home, The Emergence of the Interior considers how…

This in-depth history of the interior design of ocean liners surveys the transient history of interior design in relation to the development of passenger shipping,…

With contributors drawn from a broad range of disciplines, The Modern Period Room brings together a carefully selected collection of essays to consider the interiors…

What if the house you are about to enter was built with the confessed purpose of seducing you, of creating various sensations destined to touch…

Showing how worker productivity and stress levels are affected by factors such as lighting, ventilation, temperature, noise and layout, this book demonstrates how the technical…