Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment
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Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment

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eBook - ePub

Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Title Page
  4. Epigraph
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Contents
  7. Illustrations
  8. 1. Unwarranted apology
  9. 2. Environmental management
  10. 3. A dark satanic century
  11. 4. The kit of parts: heat and light
  12. 5. Environments of large buildings
  13. 6. The well-tempered home
  14. 7. The environment of the machine aesthetic
  15. 8. Machines à habiter
  16. 9. Towards full control
  17. 10. Concealed power
  18. 11. Exposed power
  19. 12. A range of methods
  20. 13. A breath of intelligence
  21. Readings in environmental technology
  22. Photo credits
  23. Index