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Bezig met laden... Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environmentdoor Reyner Banham
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I've read four of the great Reyner Banham's many books: Theory and Design in the First Machine Age (1960), The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment (1969), Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies (1971), and Age of the Masters: A Personal View of Modern Architecture (1975). Scratch that – I've only partly read his first book, which is a frustrating read that barely hints at the accessibility of his later books. Of these four books, the first three are considered masterpieces (any author would be happy with writing one, much less three!) and this book, The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment, is my favorite. In it he charts how architects have responded to the incorporation of environmental systems (HVAC, electricity, lighting, plumbing) into the daily lives of building inhabitants. It's a topic that was hardly explored at the time, and Banham appears to have done such a great job that very little (that I'm aware of) was written on the subject. Even today, when sustainability is integrated fairly well into design practice and systems have gained in efficiency while shrinking their footprints, the approach that Banham laid out – how architectural form relates to these systems – is not explored as much as it should. After all, shouldn't architecture creatively respond to the systems that it encompasses, rather than just burying them inside walls and floors? With this in mind, it's not surprising that Piano and Rogers Pompidou came less than one decade after this book's publication. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Reyner Banham was a pioneer in arguing that technology, human needs, and environmental concerns must be considered an integral part of architecture. No historian before him had so systematically explored the impact of environmental engineering on the design of buildings and on the minds of architects. In this revision of his classic work, Banham has added considerable new material on the use of energy, particularly solar energy, in human environments. Included in the new material are discussions of Indian pueblos and solar architecture, the Centre Pompidou and other high-tech buildings, and the environmental wisdom of many current architectural vernaculars. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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