Environments of Architecture - Environmental Design in Context

Informationen zum Autor Randall Thomas is a consultant to Max Fordham LLP and teaches in the UK and France. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge! Professor of Sustainable Environmental Design at Kingston University and a Course Organiser at the AA. His previous books include Environmental Design! Photovoltaics and Architecture and Sustainable Urban Design. Trevor Garnham is an architect and Principal Lecturer at Kingston University School of Architecture. His previous books include Lines on the Landscape! Circles from the Sky; Monuments of Neolithic Orkney and three books on Arts and Crafts buildings. He is a regular reviewer of contemporary buildings for architectural journals. Zusammenfassung This well-illustrated 'think piece' provides a much needed and topical philosophical introduction to the place of environmental design in architecture. Written by highly respected authors, this is an excellent guide for practitioners, students and academics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Site and Setting 3. Building Design 1: Smaller Buildings and the Creation of Environments 4. Building Design 2: The Environments of Larger Buildings 5. Heating! Coolingand Power6. Ventilation 7. Light and Shade 8. The City 9. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Trevor Garnham, Garnham Trevor, Randall Thomas, Randall (Consultant Thomas, Thomas Randall
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.10.2007
• EAN: 9780415360883
• ISBN: 978-0-415-36088-3
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, The environment, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Science / Environmental Science, Building construction & materials, Building construction and materials, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design