Tropical Architecture : In the dry and humid zones

Tropical Architecture. 

In the dry and humid zones

1964 | DJVU | 262 pages | 11.5 mb

Tropical Architecture in the Dry and Humid Zones discusses the factors affecting design in the tropics generally: the people and their needs; the climate and its attendant ills; the materials and means of building. The book is written by pioneers of modern design both in Britain and in the tropics where they have offices Ghana and Nigeria.

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Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change

Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change

Sue Roaf PhD (Author), David Crichton (Author), Fergus Nicol (Author)

Architectural Press 2/ed (10-2009) | PDF | 400 pages |  12.0Mb

Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change / by Sue Roaf PhD (Author), David Crichton (Author), Fergus Nicol (Author) .From the bestselling author of Ecohouse, this fully revised edition of Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change provides unique insights into how we can protect our buildings, cities, infra-structures and lifestyles against risks associated with extreme weather and related social, economic and energy events.

Three new chapters present evidence of escalating rates of environmental change. The authors explore the growing urgency for mitigation and adaptation responses that deal with the resulting challenges.

• * Theoretical information sits alongside practical design guidelines, so architects, designers and planners can not only see clearly what problems they face, but also find the solutions they need, in order to respond to power and water supply needs.
• * Considers use of materials, structures, site issues and planning in order to provide design solutions.
• * Examines recent climate events in the US and UK and looks at how architecture was successful or not in preventing building damage.
• Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change is an essential source, not just for architects, engineers and planners facing the challenges of designing our building for a changing climate, but also for everyone involved in their production and use.
• * Fully revised new edition gives practical design suggestions for combating climate change through architecture
• * No nonsense approach from the bestselling author of Ecohouse
• * Full colour throughout to best illustrate design in practice

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Architecture in a Climate of Change, Second Edition

Architecture in a Climate of Change, Second Edition

Publisher: Architectural Press | edition 2005 | PDF | 192 pages | 6,3 mb

This book is really two publications in one. It contains both a well-researched and dispassionate overview of energy and climate, combined with a thorough account of acheiving energy efficiency in buildings. It is also incredibly up to date...

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Spatial Planning and Climate Change (Natural and Built Environment Series)

Spatial Planning and Climate Change (Natural and Built Environment Series)

Elizabeth Wilson, 

Publisher: Routledge | 2010 | PDF | 480 pages | 4.1 MB

Elizabeth Wilson and Jake Piper explore a wide range of issues in this comprehensive book on the relationship between our changing climate and spatial planning, and suggest ways of addressing the challenges by taking a longer-sighted approach to our preparation for the future.

• an overview of what we know already about future climate change and its impacts, as we attempt both to adapt to these changes and to reduce the emissions which cause them
• the role of spatial planning in relation to climate change, offering some theoretical and political explanations for the challenges that planning faces in the coming decades
• a review of policy and legislation at international, EU and UK levels in regard to climate change, and the support this gives to the planning system
• case studies detailing what responses the UK and the Netherlands have made so far in light of the evidence
• ways to help new and existing urban developments to reduce energy use and to adapt to climate change, through strengthening the relationships between urban and rural areas to avoid water shortage, floods or loss of biodiversity.

The authors take an evidence-based look at this hugely important topic, providing a well-illustrated text for spatial planning professionals, politicians and the interested public, as well as a useful reference for postgraduate planning, geography, urban studies, urban design and environmental studies students.

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House Design

"House Design"
Daab | ISBN: 3937718060 | June 2005 | PDF | 399 pages | 274 mb

In recent years the lines that define the characteristics of the modern house have lost the severity that distinguished them in the past. Although the uses that a home must fulfil - cooking, relaxation, personal hygiene, interaction with other people, etc. - remain the same as ever, the solutions for tackling them are now very different and diverse. As a result, no specific formula can be established to define how a home should be. This book shows crossfire of examples of international designers, which have drafted houses with many considerations in mind. Adaptation to the terrain and the climate, the budget and the needs of its future inhabitants has been born in mind. As well the home's three indispensable areas (the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom) have been focused. For example the bathroom is presented in multifarious variations: Either a functional space is apart or it can occupy a privileged spot alongside the garden, with large windows, spread itself out inside the house to such and extent that the bathtub turns into an indoor swimming pool.

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