Modernists believed that form follows function. Form Follows Fuel shows that in fact energy has been the biggest influence on the worlds architecture throughout the history of our species. The availability of energy under different fuel...Lasīt vairāk
This book is the first to quantify energy inputs for a range of buildings worldwide and across the historical record. It consists of 14 accessibly-written case studies and is an important contribution to architectural historical research, written...Lasīt vairāk
A groundbreaking history of architecture told through the relationship between buildings and energyThe story of architecture is the story of humanity. The buildings we live in, from the humblest pre-historic huts to todays skyscrapers...Lasīt vairāk
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALICE DAVIS HITCHCOCK AWARDBrilliant ELAIN HARWOODPart history, part aesthetic autobiography, wholly engaging and liable to convince those procrastinators sitting (uncomfortab...Lasīt vairāk
We are living in the age of waste. Design has helped create our throwaway culture can design help us leave it behind? A new generation of designers is rethinking our relationship to everyday things. From fashion to packaging, finding the lost value...Lasīt vairāk
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Reducing energy use is the single biggest challenge facing architecture today. From the humblest prehistoric hut to the imposing monuments of Rome or Egypt to super-connected modern airports, buildings in every era and place have been shaped by the e...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 21-Apr-2016, Hardback, Izdevniecība: William Heinemann Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780434022441)
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Beton brut or raw concrete was a term coined by Le Corbusier and appropriated by two young British architects in the 1950s to describe a new kind of building: austere, unadorned, monolithic, confrontational and constructed almost entirely in concre...Lasīt vairāk
