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x, 390 p. : ill. ; 27 cm., James Marston Fitch provides a fundamental theory of buildings., Fitch systematically examines the various aspects of the environment that buildings control for human habitation - air, temperature, light, and sound, even space, time, and gravity. He draws on scientific research to probe deeply into., these problems, and he sets out the most practical solutions to these and other issues in clear, precise language., Moreover, his analysis runs to the external environment as well, as he explores the impact of buildings on the outside world.
Architecture and society
Arquitectura y sociedad
Architecture Aspect social
Immeubles de grande-hauteur
Fitch, James Marston.
Bobenhausen, William, 1949-
Experiential bases for esthetic decisions -- The social consequences of architectural intervention -- Fair and warmer : control of the thermal environment -- Pure as the air you breathe : control of the atmospheric environment -- "Oh, say, can you see--" : control of the luminous environment -- Silence--men at work : control of the sonic environment -- The architectural manipulation of space, time, and gravity -- Skeleton and skin : the morphological development of structural systems -- The integration of environmental control systems -- Plan : the instrument of policy -- Toward sustainability -- Prospects for the democratic esthetic.
New York : Oxford University Press
x, 390 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
James Marston Fitch provides a fundamental theory of buildings.
Fitch systematically examines the various aspects of the environment that buildings control for human habitation - air, temperature, light, and sound, even space, time, and gravity. He draws on scientific research to probe deeply into.
these problems, and he sets out the most practical solutions to these and other issues in clear, precise language.
Moreover, his analysis runs to the external environment as well, as he explores the impact of buildings on the outside world.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-372) and index.
0195110404 (alk. paper)
9780195110401 (alk. paper)
Stacks NA2543.S6 F54 1999
United States.
Estados Unidos.
âEtats-Unis.
Etats-Unis.
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