Courts, Police and Fire Stations, Libraries

A beautiful, illustrated exploration of European burial sites and memorials from the First and Second World Wars

The complete design guide which focuses on the practical issues which need to be addressed by anyone involved in library design.

The definitive worldwide architectural history of the library, with spectacular original photography by one of the finest architectural photographers at work today.

A landmark publication that celebrates humanity's age-old ability to create buildings that are ingeniously adapted to their cultural and environmental conditions, providing enduring lessons for living today.

Examines various prison designs, within the government's prison building programme, and the confines of penal philosophies and legislation. This book also looks at: setting prison architecture and design against an historical setting; looking at penal ideas and prison architecture and design in the post-war period; and more.

This important and comprehensive book represents a ground-breaking socio-architectural study of pre-1939 public library buildings. It includes a study of what is happening to historic libraries now and proposes that knowledge of their origins and early development can help build an understanding of how best to handle their future.

The first book to examine the development of the Town Hall during the twentieth century including cases from Denmark, Sweden, The Netherlands, UK, Norway, Italy, Finland, Japan, Canada, USA, Iceland, Spain and Switzerland.

The New Public Library is an in-depth design study of an exemplary collection of recent public libraries, and the historical precedents that have informed and inspired their development. Highly visual in its presentation, the study includes 885 color photographs and illustrations, and 195 scale drawings.