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Bare Poles: Building Design for High Latitudes (Carleton Library Series)
Harold Strub
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Description for Bare Poles: Building Design for High Latitudes (Carleton Library Series)
Paperback. Designing successfully for people in the world's coldest climates demands a broad understanding of site conditions and their unique social context. Until now such knowledge often lay unarticulated in the minds of a few experienced practitioners or in the disappearing traditions of aboriginal peoples. Series: Carleton Library Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, drawings, photographs, tables, maps. BIC Classification: AMC; TBDG; TNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 280. Weight in Grams: 768.
Designing successfully for people in the world's coldest climates demands a broad understanding of site conditions and their unique social context. Until now such knowledge often lay unarticulated in the minds of a few experienced practitioners or in the disappearing traditions of aboriginal peoples.
Designing successfully for people in the world's coldest climates demands a broad understanding of site conditions and their unique social context. Until now such knowledge often lay unarticulated in the minds of a few experienced practitioners or in the disappearing traditions of aboriginal peoples.
Product Details
Publisher
Carleton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Series
Carleton Library Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9780886292782
SKU
V9780886292782
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Bare Poles: Building Design for High Latitudes (Carleton Library Series)
In Bare Poles, climate, culture, architecture and building science are skillfully woven into a fascinating and coherent story that will appeal to the general public as well as to architects and others involved with building in Northern Canada. Douglas Wren, retired professor of building science, Laval University One can wonder how different things would be today ... Read more