Design with Climate, New and expanded ed Edition
bioclimatic approach to architectural regionalism - new and expanded edition
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
8 November 2015
Summary
Design with Climate: A Timeless Guide to Sustainable Architecture
Architects today incorporate principles of sustainable design as a matter of necessity. But the challenge of unifying climate control and building functionality, of securing a managed environment within a natural setting–and combating the harsh forces of wind, water, and sun–presented a new set of obstacles to architects and engineers in the mid-twentieth century. First published in 1963, Design with Climate …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691169736 |
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| ISBN-10: | 069116973X |
| Author: | Victor Olgyay, Donlyn Lyndon, John Reynolds, Ken Yeang |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Edition: | New and expanded ed |
| Release Date: | 8 November 2015 |
| Weight: | 539g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 260mm |
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Critics Review
“Design with Climate has had an extremely important impact on the practice of sustainable design, and is perhaps even more relevant today than when it was when originally published in 1963. In many ways the book was ahead of its time.”—Peter Anderson, author of Prefab Prototypes: Site-specific Design for Offsite Construction“Design with Climate is a seminal work of continued relevance, and is especially needed as architects relearn the basics of climatic design in order to right the causes and effects of global warming.”—Bruce Haglund, University of Idaho
About The Author
Victor Olgyay
Victor Olgyay (1910-70) was associate professor in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at Princeton University. He was a leading researcher on the relationship between architecture, climate, and energy.
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