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First published in the UK by Sutton Publishing in 1996 (and by
Timber Press in the US), this Pimpernel Classic edition has been
redesigned and includes new photography. Gertrude Jekyll was
probably the most influential garden designer of the early
twentieth century. In this classic work Judith Tankard and Martin
Wood explore her life and work at the home she created for herself
at Munstead Wood in Surrey. Here she exercised her knowledge of
architecture and local building skills, and her passion for form,
grouping and colour was given full scope in the garden which she
designed and worked from scratch. Taking as a basis Gertrude
Jekyll's own photographs, scrapbooks and notebooks, and the
recollections of contemporaries from Edith Wharton and Vita
Sackville-West to William Robinson and Henry Francis Du Pont, the
authors describe not only the building and development of the house
and garden but also Jekyll's skills both in the arts and as a
businesswoman, and her collaborations with architects -
pre-eminently Edwin Lutyens, but also Oliver Hill and M.H. Baillie
Scott, among many others. This revised edition includes many
photographs that have never previously been published.
What opportunities does Design to Value afford the built
environment? Design to Value is a commitment to process above all
else. Well understood and applied in the manufacturing industries,
its potential is only now starting to be realised in architecture,
engineering and construction. It challenges designers to lead the
way in creating more innovative and stakeholder-centric analyses,
workflows, construction techniques and products. Through
architectural thinking, value in the built environment can be
maximised. Seeking to create deep and lasting impacts on industry,
society and the planet, Design to Value rejects architecture's
current professional services model. The design and delivery stages
of traditional procurement routes are not sustainable, and Design
to Value outlines a new path for informed design processes. Bryden
Wood, leading international expert in Modern Methods of
Construction (MMC) and the Platform approach to Design for
Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA), has spent the last fifteen years
developing Design to Value as part of a new framework for the
future of the design and construction industry. In this essential
book, the practice challenges architects and the wider industry to
think differently about how value is generated, enhanced and
retained in the built realm, providing a method that will improve
outcomes for architects, clients, industries and society.
Architects must bend and break habitual processes to build better
systems, better buildings and better futures. Features: Over 125
images, including photographs, sketches and diagrams Over 20
international case studies, including those from Canada, France,
India, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia and USA Projects from leading
practices, such as Atelier Bow-Wow, BIG, David Miller Architects,
Kieran Timberlake and Lacaton & Vassal, as well as Bryden Wood.
There is currently great interest in the biology of soil,
stimulated by an increased concern to conserve natural resources,
not only in agriculture but also in natural ecosystems. Recent
developments in molecular biology have increased the possibilities
of manipulating soil organisms and the processes they carry out, to
improve food production and the quality of the environment. But
important environmental questions associated with the application
ofthis new biotechnology to soils are still to be resolved. Issues
such as the desirability of using genetically-engineered
microorganisms in soil can be discussed sensibly only in the light
of an understanding of naturally-occurring organisms in soil.
Although on a global basis food production continues to increase,
man's current relationship with the soil in many parts ofthe world
is characterised by decreasing soil fertility and increasing
population pressure. Soil Science has an important role to play in
the future, helping to solve these problems. Although not all areas
of this large and expanding subject are covered in this book, I
hope that I have been able to present the principles of soil
biology in such a way that will interest the reader.
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The art of toast
Martin Wood
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Whistler (Paperback)
Michael W Gioffredi; T. Martin Wood
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Sargent (Paperback)
Michael W Gioffredi; T. Martin Wood
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R163
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