The credit for the oldest publication relating to building services engineering can be given to Thomas Tredgold (1788 - 1829.) Tredgold published Principles of Warming and Ventilating Public Buildings in 1824.
Below is a list of publications, separated by topic, that the Heritage and Retrofit Group members have compiled and believe to be of educational interest. Inclusion of a book in this list does not imply endorsement, agreement, or validation by CIBSE. Readers are encouraged to explore the content with discretion. Where possible, we encourage readers to borrow these books from their local library or access them through community resources, especially as many recommended titles may be out of print.
If you would like to make a suggestion for new additions to the list, please contact the committee via [email protected]
Hall, Ben M., 1987. The Best Remaining Seats: The Golden Age of the Movie Palace.
Eyles, Allen, 1998. The Granada Theatres.
Eyles, Allen, 2002. Odeon Cinemas 1: Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation.
Loobey, Patrick, 2004. Cinemas and Theatres of Wandsworth and Battersea.
Eyles, Allen, 2005. Odeon Cinemas 2: From J. Arthur Rank to the Multiplex.
Stephenson, Dave and Willmott, Jill, 2005. Bristol Cinemas.
Aspin, Chris, 1981. The Cotton Industry.
Sekers, David, 1981. The Potteries.
Aspin, Chris, 1982. The Woollen Industry.
Baker, Diane, 1991. Potworks: The Industrial Architecture of the Staffordshire Potteries.
Williams, Mike and Farne, D. A., 1992. Cotton Mills in Greater Manchester.
Calladine, Anthony and Fricker, Jean, 1993. East Cheshire Textile Mills.
Goodall, Ian H. and Giles, Colum, 1995. Yorkshire Textile Mills, 1770-1930: The Buildings of the Yorkshire Textile Industry.
Hayes, Geoffrey, 1995. Stationary Steam Engines.
Historic England, 2000. The Birmigham Jewellery Quarter.
Historic England, 2001. One Great Workshop: The buildings of the Sheffield metal trades.
Cooper, Malcolm, Barnwell, P. S and Taylor, Simon, 2002. Manchester: The Warehouse Legacy.
Hasluck, Paul N, 1907. Greenhouse and Conservatory Construction and Heating.
Beaver, Patrick, 1986. The Crystal Palace.
Woods, May and Warren, Arete Swartz, 1988. Glass Houses: History of Greenhouses, Conservatories and Orangeries.
Minister, Sue, 1990. The Greatest Glass House: The Rainforest Recreated.
Kolhmaier, Georg H., 1991. Houses of Glass: A Nineteenth-Century Building Type.
Durant, Stuart, 1994. Palais des Machines, Ferdinand Dutert (Architecture in Detail).
Newman, George, 1941. English Social Services.
Ives, A.G.I, 1958. British Hospitals.
Medvei, Victor Cornelius, 1974. The Royal Hospital of Saint Bartholomew 1123 - 1973.
O'Neill, Cynthia, 1989. A Picture of Health: Hospitals and Nursing on Old Picture Postcards.
O'Neill, Cynthia, 1991. More Pictures of Health: Hospitals and Nursing on Old Picture Postcards.
van der Merwe, Pieter, 1994. A Refuge for All: Greenwich Hospital 1694 - 1994.
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (RCHME), 1998. English Hospitals 1660-1948: A Survey of Their Architecture and Design.
Mitton, Lavinia, 2001. The Victorian Hospital.
Railton, Margaret and Barr, A.Marshall, 2008. Care & Compassion: Old Prints and Photographs of Hospitals and Nurses in Berkshire and South Oxfordshire 1839 - 1930.
The Carrier Engineering Corporation, 1919. Weather and the Story of How it is Manufactured.
Springett, B. H., 1921. Cold Storage and Ice-making.
Banham, Reyner, 1969. The Architecture of the Well-tempered Environment.
Battle, Tim, 1977. Chimney Book.
Reid, Jo and Peck, John, 1977. Stove Book.
Hills, Nicholas, 1983. The English fireplace: Its architecture and the working fire.
Unknown Author, 1989. The Specifiers Guide to Air Conditioning.
Donaldson, Barry, Nagengast, Bernard and Meckler, Gershon, 1994. Heat and Cold: Mastering the Great Indoors: A Selective History.
Cochran, 1998. 100 years in boiler making.
Institute of Refrigeration, 1999. 100 years of Advancing Refrigeration.
Cooper, Gail, 2002. Air–conditioning America: Engineers and the Controlled Environment, 1900-1960.
Strong, Roy, Binney, Marcus and Harris, John, 1974. The Destruction of the Country House.
Allwood, John, 1977. The Great Exhibitions.
Sansom, William, 1980. Victorian Life in Photographs.
Stamp, Gavin, 1984. The Changing Metropolis: Earliest Photography of London 1839-1879.
Gillon, Edmund V and Hope Reed, Henry, 1988. Beaux Arts Architecture in New York: A Photographic Guide.
Dulwich Picture Gallery & National Gallery of Scotland, 1991. Palaces of Art: Art Galleries in Britain, 1790-1990.
Mowl, Tim and Bland, Chris, 1991. Bristol: Last Age of the Merchant Princes.
Rosenbaum, Alvin, 1994. Works in Progress.
Waterfield, Giles and Viney, Barry, 1995. Dulwich Picture Gallery.
Goldberger, Paul, 1981. The Skyscrapper.
Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Gregory and Mellins, Thomas, 1994. New York 1930: Architecture Between the Two World Wars.
Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Gregory and Massengale, John, 1995. New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890 -1915.
Bradford Landau, Sarah and Condit, Carl W., 1996. Rise of the New York Skyscraper 1865 - 1913.
Corina, Maurice, 1978. Fine Silks & Oak Counters: Debenhams 1778 - 1978.
Aburgham, Alison, 1979. Shopping in Style: London from the Restoration to Edwardian elegance.
Briggs, Asa, 1984. Marks & Spencer 1884 - 1984: A Centenary History.
Honeycombe, Gordon, 1984. Selfridges.
Harrods, 1988. Harrods, Knightsbridge: The House That Every Woman Knows.
Zulker, William Allen, 1993. John Wanamaker: King of Merchants.
Williams, Bridget, 1994. The Best Butter in the World: A History of Sainsbury's.
Everard, Stirling, 1949. The History of the Gas Light & Coke Company 1812 - 1949.
Monier-Williams, Randall, 1970. The Tallow Chandlers of London - Volume 1: The Mystery in the Making.
Miller, Harry, 1985. Halls of Dartford 1785 - 1985.
Falkus, Malcolm, 1988. Always Under Pressure: A History of North Thames Gas since 1949.
Green, Edwin, 1989. Banking: An Illustrated History.
Rodenger, Jeffrey L., 1995. The legend of Honeywell.
Rodenger, Jeffrey L., 1996. The Legend of York International.
Watson, Nigel, 1997. How Now and Then: The Story of How Group.
Watson, Nigel, 1997. The Sky's the Limit: A History of the Colt Group.
Goodwin, Jason, 2001. Otis: Giving Rise to the Modern City.
McWilliam, Robert, 2001. BSI: The First Hundred Years 1901 - 2001: A Century of Achievement.
Knowles, C C and Pitt, P H, 1972. The History of Building Regulation in London 1189 -1972.
Vince, John, 1973. Fire-marks.
Lowe, David, 1979. The Great Chicago Fire.
Croker, K. B., 1982. Things Phoenix Phoenix Assurance Bicentenary 1782 - 1982.
Wright, Brian, 1989. Firefighting Equipment.
Holloway, Sally, 1992. Courage High! A history of firefighting in London.
Cocks, Barnett, 1977. Mid-Victorian Masterpiece: The story of an institution unable to put its own house in order.
Cunningham, Colin, 1981. Victorian and Edwardian Town Halls.
Jones, Christopher, 1983. The Great Palace: The story of Parliament.
Cooke, Robert, 1987. The Palace of Westminster.
Port, M. H., 1995. Imperial London, Civil Government Building in London 1850-1915.
Taylor, Derek and Bush, David, 1974. The Golden Age of British Hotels.
Watkin, David; Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Piere-Jean Remy, Frederic Grendel, Introduction By Jean D'ormesson, 1984. Grand Hotel: The Golden Age of Palace Hotels, an Architectural and Social History.
Maede, Martin and Fitchett, Joesph, 1987. Grand Oriental Hotels: From Cairo to Tokyo 1800 - 1919.
Montgomery-Massingbird, Hugh & David Watkin, 1989. The London Ritz: A Social and Architectural History.
Carter, Oliver, 1990. An Illustrated History of British Railway Hotels 1838 - 1983.
Augustin, Andreas, 1992. The Most Famous Hotels in the World: The Peninsula.
Unknown Author, 1929. Edison's Electric Light: A Collector's Reprint of the 1929 Book Commemorating the Golden Anniversary of Edison's Incandescent Lamp.
Dunsheath, Percy, 1962. A History of Electrical Engineering.
Black, R. M., 1972. Electric Cables in Victorian Times.
Poese, Bill, 1976. Lighting Through the Years: The Light in the Darkness.
Phillips, Cyril, 1979. Electric lamps - 100 years on.
Byers, Anthony, 1981. The Willing Servants: A history of electricity in the home.
Flowers, Brian, 1981. Electricity in Britain (History - Generation - Transmission - Applications).
Haveron, Francis, 1981. The Brilliant Ray or How the Electric Light was Brought to Godalming in 1881.
The Electricity Council, 1987. Electricity Supply in the United Kingdom: A Chronology.
Holland, F. Ross, 1995. Lighthouses.
Dillon, Maureen, 2002. Artificial Sunshine: A Social History of Domestic Lighting.
Searle, Muriel, 1977. Spas and Watering Places (Heritage of the past).
Unknown Author, 1987. Well Washed & Watered.
Croutier, Alev, 1992. Taking the Waters.
Lambton, Lucinda, 1995. Temples of Convenience and Chambers of Delight.
De Bonneville, Francois, 1998. The Book of the Bath.
Blair, Munroe, 2000. Ceramic Water Closets.
Eveleigh, David J, 2002. Bogs, Baths & Basins: The Story of Domestic Sanitation.
Watson, Nigel, 2005. One Hundred Years of Competence and Commitment: An Illustrated History of the Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering.
Hedley, Olwen, 1971. Hampton Court Palace (Pride of Britain).
Plumb, J. H. and Wheldon, Huw, 1977. Royal Heritage: The Story of Britain's Royal Builders and Collectors.
Girouard, Mark, 1978. Life in the English Country House.
Girouard, Mark, 1979. The Victorian Country House.
Aslet, Clive, 1982. The Last Country Houses.
Girouard, Mark, 1987. A Country House Companion.
Aslet, Clive, 1990. The American Country House.
Girouard, Mark, 2000. Life in the French Country House.
Tidworth, Simon, 1973. Theatres: An Illustrated History.
Glasstone, Victor, 1975. Victorian & Edwardian Theatres.
Penzel, Fredrick, 1978. Theatre Lighting Before Electricity.
Rees, Terence, 1978. Theatre Lighting in the Age of Gas.
Atwell, David, 1981. Cathedrals of the Movies: A History of British Cinemas and Their Audiences.
Leacroft, Richard and Leacroft, Helen, 1984. Theatre and Playhouse: An Illustrated Survey of Theatre Building from Ancient Greece to the Present Day.
Leacroft, Richard, 1988. The Development of the English Playhouse: An Illustrated Survey of Theatre Building in England from Medieval to Modern Times.
Weightman, Gavin, 1992. Bright Lights, Big City: London Entertained 1830 - 1950.
Eyles, Allen, 1993. A B C: The First Name in Entertainment.
Valentine, Maggie, 1994. The Show Starts on the Sidewalk: An Architectural History of the Movie Theatre.
Eyles, Allen, 1996. Gaumont British Cinemas.
Gray, Richard, 1996. Cinemas in Britain: One Hundred Years of Cinema Architecture.
Berger, Robert;Silverman, Stephen M.; and Conser, Anne, 1997. The Last Remaining Seats: Movie Palaces of Tinseltown.
Barson, Susie; Kendall, Derek; Longman, Peter; and Smith, Joanna, 2003. Scene/Unseen: London's West End Theatres.