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Lessons from Vernacular Architecture
Simos Yannas
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Description for Lessons from Vernacular Architecture
Hardback. The architectural community has had a strong and continuing interest in traditional and vernacular architecture. This has been rekindled by the need to develop an architecture that works with climate, rather than against it, to create sustainable buildings. This title offers lessons from traditional and vernacular architecture for new buildings. Editor(s): Yannas, Simos; Weber, Willi. Num Pages: 240 pages, 276 colour illustrations, 4 colour tables. BIC Classification: AMCR; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 776.
The architectural community has had a strong and continuing interest in traditional and vernacular architecture. Lessons from Vernacular Architecture takes lessons directly from traditional and vernacular architecture and offers them to the reader as guidance and inspiration for new buildings. The appropriate technical and social solutions provided by vernacular and traditional architecture are analysed in detail. International case studies focus on environmental design aspects of traditional architecture in a broad range of climatic conditions and building types.
The architectural community has had a strong and continuing interest in traditional and vernacular architecture. Lessons from Vernacular Architecture takes lessons directly from traditional and vernacular architecture and offers them to the reader as guidance and inspiration for new buildings. The appropriate technical and social solutions provided by vernacular and traditional architecture are analysed in detail. International case studies focus on environmental design aspects of traditional architecture in a broad range of climatic conditions and building types.
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
876g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844076000
SKU
V9781844076000
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Simos Yannas
Willi Weber is an architect and Professor of Building Physics at the Institute of Environmental Sciences of the University of Geneva, Switzerland. As director of the University's Centre for the Study of Energy Problems (CUEPE) he was in charge of a research group involved in expert appraisals in the field of energy and environment in architecture. He was the chairman ... Read more
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