Dean Hawkes, Dean Hawkes

The Environmental Tradition (eBook, ePUB)

Studies in the architecture of environment

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This text brings together a unique collection of writing by a leading researcher and critic which outlines the evolution of the environmental dimension of architectural theory and practice in the past twenty-five years. It deals with the

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136741081
• Artikelnr.: 40172124

Autorenporträt

Hawkes, Dr Dean; Hawkes, Dean

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Forword by Robert Maxwell. Introduction. Part One:
Theory. The theoretical basis of comfort in `selective' environments.
Building shape and energy use. Types, norms and habit in environmental
design. Precedent and therory in the design of auditoria. Objective
knowledge and the art and science of architecture. Space for services: the
architectural dimension. The language barrier. Environment at the
threshold. The Cambridge School and the environmental tradition. Part Two:
Wallasey School: pioneer of solar design. Netley Abbey Infants' school.
CEGB Building, Bristol. Gateway Two, the Wiggins Teape building,
Basingstoke. St. Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wright. Cassa Rurale e
Artigianale, Brendola. Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre. The
Sainsbury wing, national gallery, London. Artistic Achievements: the art
museums of Louis I. Kahn.