Housing in arid lands
Subtitle: design and planning
By: edited by Gideon Golany.
Contributors: Golany, Gideon.
Publisher: Architectural Press; Halsted
Published: 1980
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic -- Arid regions -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Description: Reviewing both models of the past and innovative housing design, this book suggests ways in which we may reclaim arid zones for housing and habitation. After an introductory section on traditional architecture, the book discusses innovations in subterranean housing, sola technology and finally specific problems of design, including roofponds and landscaping. Other topics covered include: solar energy systems for arid zone buildings and methods for climate control in arid zones. Environmental engineering. Terratypes. Underground houses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.