Elemental Architecture: Temperaments of Sustainability

ISBN-13: 9780815391890 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 194 str.

Phillip Tabb

Opis

Examines the positive and negative environmental impact each of the elements - earth, water, air, fire, ether - have on architectural design. Provides an alternative, qualitative, poetic approach to sustainable architecture and environmental design.

Spis treści

Foreword Thanos Stasinopoulos  Preface  1. The Elements and Temperaments  2. The Element of Fire  3. The Element of Earth  4. The Element of Air  5. The Element of Water  6. The Element of Ether  7. Elemental Architecture  Index

O autorze

Phillip James Tabb is Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Texas A&M University, USA, where he served as Department Head from 2001 to 2005. He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Cincinnati, USA, Master of Architecture from the University of Colorado, USA, and PhD from the Architectural Association in London, UK. He is author of Solar Energy Planning, The Greening of Architecture: A Critical History and Survey of Contemporary Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design and Serene Urbanism: A Biophilic Theory and Practice of Sustainable Placemaking, and Co-editor of Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality. He is the masterplanner for the award-winning Serenbe Community and is a practicing urban designer and licensed architect.