Written and edited by a team of specialists at Max Fordham LLP, one of the UK's leading environmental and building services engineering consultancies, "Environmental Design" is the result of their extensive experience in designing environmentally-friendly buildings. The principles of their approach, which they have taught in numerous schools of ...
Providing real-life context along with the exam-required minutiae, this is a comprehensive guide to the A+ exam. The author details each exam objective so that nothing will catch the user by surprise at test time. The reference format provides a number of pointers to help the reader get to the information they need, and the end-of-chapter "Instant ...
This well-illustrated 'think piece' provides a much needed and topical philosophical introduction to the place of environmental design in architecture. "The Environments of Architecture" sets out a range of considerations necessary to produce appropriate internal environments in the context of a wider discussion on the effect of building decisions ...
Our future is in Cities - by the end of the twenty-first century it is thought that three-quarters of the world's population will be urban. Making these cities healthy, vibrant and sustainable is an exceptional challenge which Sustainable Urban Design addresses. The book sets out some of the basic principles of the design of our future cities and ...
Solar energy is to play an ever-increasing role in generating the form and affecting the appearance and construction of buildings. Photovoltaic systems (PVs) produce electricity directly from solar radiation and are becoming more widespread as their advantages become apparent. They are an advanced materials technology that will help architects ...
Written and edited by a team of specialists at Max Fordhams, one of the leading UK environmental engineering consultancies, Environmental Design is the result of their extensive experience in designing environmentally friendly buildings. The principles of their approach, which they have taught in numerous schools of architecture and engineering, ...
This new text provides a coherent overview of the important issues in sustainable urban design. The writers focus on the physical aspects of the urban environment - the buildings and their engineering systems, landscaping, transport systems, energy, water and waste systems, and successfully cover all the key elements in one volume together with ...
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