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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dean Hawkes (University of Cambridge, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.771kg ISBN: 9780415561860ISBN 10: 0415561868 Pages: 270 Publication Date: 19 January 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Climate Described 2. Robert Smythson and the Environment of the Elizabethan Country House 3. Christopher Wren and the Origins of Building Science 4. Palladianism and the Climate of England 5. Building in the Climate of the Nineteenth Century City 6. The Arts and Crafts House Climatically Considered 7. The Modern Movement House in the British Climate 8. The Environmental Architecture of Alison and Peter SmithsonReviews...impeccably well researched with extensive references...this book should be on the shelves of many practising and student architects, not just those preoccupied with issues of climate (change) - RIBA Journal The book will certainly appeal to those practitioners and academics who find the use of labels such as 'green' or 'climate responsive' architecture deeply problematic and even a deterrant to the timely integration of environmental performance requirements into mainstream practice. It should also be a necessary read for those who do not have such reservations and give primacy to the climatic and technical determinismof building form. - Raymond J. Cole, Building Research & Information, August 2012 Architecture and Climate breaks new ground by presenting an historical overview of these issues over the past 400 years. - The Journal of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation ...impeccably well researched with extensive references...this book should be on the shelves of many practising and student architects, not just those preoccupied with issues of climate (change) - RIBA Journal The book will certainly appeal to those practitioners and academics who find the use of labels such as `green' or `climate responsive' architecture deeply problematic and even a deterrant to the timely integration of environmental performance requirements into mainstream practice. It should also be a necessary read for those who do not have such reservations and give primacy to the climatic and technical determinismof building form. - Raymond J. Cole, Building Research & Information, August 2012 Architecture and Climate breaks new ground by presenting an historical overview of these issues over the past 400 years. - The Journal of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation ...impeccably well researched with extensive references...this book should be on the shelves of many practising and student architects, not just those preoccupied with issues of climate (change) - RIBA Journal The book will certainly appeal to those practitioners and academics who find the use of labels such as 'green' or 'climate responsive' architecture deeply problematic and even a deterrant to the timely integration of environmental performance requirements into mainstream practice. It should also be a necessary read for those who do not have such reservations and give primacy to the climatic and technical determinismof building form. - Raymond J. Cole, Building Research & Information, August 2012 Author InformationDean Hawkes is emeritus professor of architectural design at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University and emeritus fellow of Darwin College, University of Cambridge. His previous books include The Environmental Tradition (1996), The Selective Environment (2002) and The Environmental Imagination (2008). In 2010 he received the RIBA’s biennial Annie Spink Award for excellence in architectural education. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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