Ritual house, ritual city
Subtitle: drawing on nature's rhythms for architecture and urban design
By: Ralph Knowles.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Architecture -- Human factors; Architecture -- Environmental aspects; Architecture and solar radiation; Solar energy; City planning
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Sheltering; title: Migrations; title: Transformations; title: Metabolism; title: Sheltering the soul; title: Settings and rituals; title: Boundaries; title: The solar envelope; title: The interstitium; title: The new architecture of the sun; title: Notes.