Basics Interior Architecture: Context And Environment

Description:
There are currently few detailed and educationally focussed texts on the subject of interior architecture. The new 'Basics Interior Architecture' series helps to fill this gap, and will expand students' knowledge of interior design/interior architecture and give an insight into some of the principles and methods of professional interior architects. The second in this series, 'Context & Environment' examines the ways in which elements based both inside and outside of the host building can influence and effect the interior space. The book proposes a method of interpretation, evaluation and utilisation of physical factors, such as light and orientation, the contextual issues of the urban form and the subject of sustainability, and their influences on the design of the interior and the remodolling of existing buildings.

Review:
'Very relevant. An excellent textbook.' Kerry Meakin, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland.

Author Biography:
Graeme Brooker MA is an interior designer and academic. He is the programme leader of the undergraduate and postgraduate interior design courses at the Manchester Metropolitan University. He has lectured internationally and has presented papers at conferences in the UK and around the world. Sally Stone MA is the director of the College of Continuity in Architecture at the Manchester School of Architecture. She teaches studio courses at postgraduate level concerned with urban regeneration, building reuse and the relationship between interior architecture and installation art. Sally has lectured internationally and presented papers at conferences around the world. She is the author of Interventions - Attitudes Towards Public Space.