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ARCHITECTURE
Critical and Primary Sources 4-Volume Set
Edited by Kélina Gotman, King’s College London, UK A collection of key writings on a subject which has come to permeate fields as diverse as theatre, comparative literature, philosophy, geography, history, English, science and technology studies. The 4 volumes include 90 essays spanning the transdisciplinary field and include perspectives from regions and disciplines that have been under-represented until now. Each volume is introduced by the editor and arranged thematically, with writings in chronological sequence so that the development of ideas can be traced within a theme. The broad areas covered include: discipline, method, documentation, and body politic.
Special introductory offer (valid up to three months after publication): £595.00 / $804.00
UK January 2022 • US January 2022 • 4 vols • c.1.408 pages HB Pack 9781350118096 • £660.00 / $890.00 Series: Critical and Primary Sources • Bloomsbury Academic
Vernacular Architecture
Critical and Primary Sources 4-Volume Set
Edited by Howard Davis, University of Oregon, USA Collating scholarly historical texts from the last 200 years from a wide range of sources, this four-volume set offers a key knowledge resource for the field. An essential addition to libraries, it creates for the first time a comprehensive framework through which to understand the critical aspects and diverse interpretations of vernacular architecture studies, vital to much ongoing research in the built environment, in heritage studies, and material culture studies.
Special introductory offer (valid up to three months after publication): £595.00 / $804.00
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 4 vols • c. 1,536 pages HB Pack 9781474283915 • £660.00 / $890.00 Series: Critical and Primary Sources • Bloomsbury Academic
6-Volume Set
Edited by Marcel Vellinga, Oxford Brookes University, UK The Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World presents, in six volumes, 2 million words, and 3,000 illustrated entries, the definitive resource for the study of the world’s vernacular and traditional building cultures. Increasing from three volumes to six, this new edition, expanded and updated throughout, presents over 30 percent new material. A major development in the field of vernacular architecture studies, this new edition reflects the considerable growth in research in the field since the first edition, and its expanded scope captures two decades of concerted effort to document and understand the world’s fast disappearing traditional and vernacular building cultures.
Special introductory offer (valid up to three months after publication): £995.00 / $1,350.00
UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 6 vols • c. 3,352 pages HB Pack 9781472592736 • £1,100.00 / $1,495.00 3,074 bw illus Bloomsbury Visual Arts
