Basics Interior Architecture 02: Context & Environment

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 book proposes a method of design based on the interpretation, evaluation and utilisation of physical factors, such as light and orientation, the contextual issues of the urban form and the subject of sustainability. It examines the ways each of these factors influences the form of the interior. The text is supported by detailed studies of contemporary work, alongside student activities and resources.

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.