Henrik Schoenefeldt

Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament (eBook, ePUB)

David Boswell Reid and Disruptive Environmentalism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament explores the history of the UK Houses of Parliament in Westminster from an environmental design perspective, and the role David Boswell Reid played in the development of the original ventilation and climate control system in parliament.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351726276
• Artikelnr.: 60690943

Autorenporträt

Henrik Schoenefeldt is Professor of Sustainability in Architectural Heritage at the University of Kent in England, National Teaching Fellow and AHRC Leadership Fellow. He trained as an architect and specialised in environmental design with an MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge. His main research interest is in historic principles of environmental design, both as field of scholar research and architectural practice.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Foreword by Dean Hawkes
Preface
Introduction: Disruptive environmentalism
Part 1: The Experimental phase 1835-39
Chapter 1. The origins of an empirical approach to design, 1832-183
Chapter 2. Reconstructing the Temporary Houses of Parliament, 1835-1851
Chapter 3. Testing the theory under real-life conditions
Part 2: Attempted Application, 1840-46
Chapter 4. A tentative master plan for ventilating the Palace of Westminster
Chapter 5. Reid's original proposals for the two debating chambers, 1842-46
Part 3: Realisation within new borders, 1847-52
Chapter 6. Barry's system in the House of Lords, 1847-54
Chapter 7. Towards an independent system for the Houses of Commons
Part 4: Critical evaluations and adaptation, 1852-1941
Chapter 8. Reid's short-lived experiments in the House of Commons, 1852-54
Chapter 9. After Reid
Reflections