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Idea of Building : Thought and Action in the Design and Production of Buildings.

This book is unique in its attempt to explore the many ways we have of thinking about buildings. In particular it raises questions about the kinds of knowledge we have and will need in designing, making and enjoying our buildings.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Groak, Steven
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Spon Press, 1992.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Foreword; Preliminaries; The Flight from Equilibrium; Buildings as unstable systems in dynamic environments; Flows of matter and energy; Uncertainty in the industrial environment; The decline of technical precedent; The social demand for buildings; Interlude; Some Polemical Remarks; Building Knowledge and Building Experience; Historical concepts of building science; The analysis of sensations; The analysis of energy; Building engineering; Building pathology and its lessons; Intelligent buildings and intelligent sites.