The architecture of the well-tempered environment
By: Reyner Banham.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Buildings -- Environmental engineering
Description: "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 in 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."--From back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.