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David Hicks is considered to be among the foremost interior designers of the 20th century. From the decoration of his own house in London in 1956—in powerful colors that heralded an end to the drab, postwar English look—he set the pace for interior design both in Europe and America. David ...more
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Building a green home or redesigning an existing home to be green is more than energy efficiency and preservation of natural resources. It is about integrating cost-effective design and materials to better the well being of inhabitants. Explore the many ways architects have achieved sustainability, incorporating commonsense strategies of solar ...more
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A culture's body image, as refracted through its art, will usually provide a more telling account of its preoccupations than the most explicit political art; it seems that cultural symptoms leak more readily into depictions of the body than into more overt statements. This is especially true in periods of ...more
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"Local Heroes explores the architectures of the public house, that unique focal point in villages and towns. ...more
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"Grand Unions looks at how the canals in England bring together architecture, engineering, landscape and art in an environment originally conceived in the 18th century to serve the Industrial Revolution. ...more
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Takes a railway tour of England, looking at everything from stations to level crossing, signal boxes to signage. ...more
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English Heritage Pocket Books encourage us to look beyond the obvious. Writer and photographer Peter Ashley champions the sometimes neglected and unsung architecture and related artefacts of everyday life, looking at everything from signal boxes to pre-war road signs, from lighthouses to canal tunnels. The series is beautifully produced with ...more