Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment

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University of Chicago Press, 15 dic 1984 - 319 páginas
Reyner Banham was a pioneer in arguing that technology, human needs, and environmental concerns must be considered an integral part of architecture. No historian before him had so systematically explored the impact of environmental engineering on the design of buildings and on the minds of architects. In this revision of his classic work, Banham has added considerable new material on the use of energy, particularly solar energy, in human environments. Included in the new material are discussions of Indian pueblos and solar architecture, the Centre Pompidou and other high-tech buildings, and the environmental wisdom of many current architectural vernaculars.

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Unwarranted apology
9
Environmental management
18
A dark satanic century
29
The kit of parts heat and light
45
Environments of large buildings
71
The welltempered home
93
Environment of the machine aesthetic
122
Machines a habiter
143
Concealed power
197
Exposed power
236
A range of methods
269
A breath of intelligence
292
Readings in environmental technology
315
Photo credits
316
Index
317
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Towards full control
173

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Sobre el autor (1984)

Reyner Banham (1922-88) was professor of history at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

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