The Environmental Tradition

Studies in the architecture of environment
1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-419-19900-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 424 g

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 transformation of the environmental design field which was brought about by the growth of energy awareness in the 1970s and 1980s, and places environmental issues in the broader theoretical and historical context in architecture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hawkes, Dean

Hawkes, Dr Dean

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architekturtheorie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Hawkes, Dr Dean; Hawkes, Dean