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Country Houses of Tasmaniaby Alice Bennett; Georgia Warner
Allen & Unwin 2009; US$ 54.54A glorious pictorial celebration of Tasmania's finest private residences. more...
Housing Management, Consumers and Citizensby Liz Caincross; Robina Goodlad; David Clapham
Routledge 1996; US$ 71.95The growth of tenant participation is examined in the context of changes in the role of local authorities and their relationship with their electorates and questions raised about the nature of power in the tenant-landlord relationship. more...
Practical Guide to Alterations and Improvementsby R. Cooper; J. Buckland
Spon Press 1985; US$ 99.95A practical guide which enables small builders to tackle everyday alteration and improvement projects with confidence. more...
Hovels to Highriseby Anne Power
Routledge 1993; US$ 71.95This takes the historical, political and social changes relating to housing in five European countries, and considers the housing history and traditions which have lead to growing tensions within their most disadvantaged communities. more...
Roman Villasby J.T. Smith
Routledge 1998; US$ 44.95Roman Villas provides a meticulously documented and scholarly examination of the relationship between the living quarters of the Romans and their social and economic development. more...
Design for Assisted Livingby Victor Regnier
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 115.00Destined to become the defining work on the subject, this timely reference addresses the single fastest growing segment of the senior living industry -- assisted living for those who are unable to live independently but who do not need intensive nursing home care, meals, housekeeping, or twenty-four hour access to medical assistance. Victor Regnier?s visually rich guide includes dozens of design solutions from successful assisted living facilities along with fifteen case studies from the U.S. and Europe. The book also covers recent developments in the industry including major changes in financing, growth of dementia, and interest in aging-in-place. All in all, this is the most comprehensive guide to assisted living design that you'll find in... more...
Health, Medicine and Societyby Simon J. Williams; Jonathan Gabe; Michael Calnan
Routledge 2000; US$ 69.95This text brings together a range of eminent international scholars to reflect upon matters of health, medicine and society at the turn of the century. more...
"Portuguese" Style and Luso-African Identityby Peter A. Mark
Indiana University Press 2002; US$ 19.95In this detailed history of domestic architecture in West Africa, Peter Mark shows how building styles are closely associated with social status and ethnic identity. Mark documents the ways in which local architecture was transformed by long-distance trade and complex social and cultural interactions between local Africans, African traders from the interior, and the Portuguese explorers and traders who settled in the Senegambia region. What came to be known as "Portuguese" style symbolized the wealth and power of Luso-Africans, who identified themselves as "Portuguese" so they could be distinguished from their African... more...
Homes for the Third Ageby David Robson; Anne-Marie Nicholson; Neil Barker
Spon Press 1998; US$ 129.95A design guide to a particular type of housing for the elderly which provides fully independent dwelling units, together with the commissioning, designing, building and running of sheltered housing schemes. more...
Behind the Gatesby Setha Low
Routledge 2003; US$ 42.95Explores the trend for the upper and middle classes to move into gated communities. It looks at what has sparked this phenomenon and what life is like inside these suburban fortresses. more...









