Weather architecture /

"This book considers climate as well as weather but its principal focus is everyday experience. Weather and climate differ in duration and scale. Unlike the weather, which we can see and feel at a specific time and place, we cannot directly perceive climate because it is an idea aggregated over...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hill, Jonathan, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2012.
Subjects:
Architecture and climate.
Architecture and society.
Weather > Social aspects.
Architecture et climat.
Architecture et société.
Temps (Météorologie) > Aspect social.
Online Access:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Things of a natural kind
  • 2. The seasons of a life
  • 3. A life in ruins
  • 4. The garden of architecture
  • 5. Pigments and pollution
  • 6. The weather of our houses
  • 7. Submitting to the seasons
  • 8. Fog, glare and gloom
  • 9. Sweet garden of vanished pleasures.

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