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The architectural expression of environmental control systems / George Baird.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baird, George, 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture and climate.
- Buildings--Environmental engineering.
- Buildings.
- Architectural design.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Spon Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems examines the way project teams can approach the design and expression of both active and passive environmental control systems in a more creative way. Using seminal case studies from around the world and interviews with the architects and environmental engineers involved, the book illustrates innovative responses to client, site and user requirements, focusing upon elegant design solutions to a perennial problem. This book will inspire architects, building scientists and building services engineers to take a more creative a
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Thermal environmental control systems and their potential for expression; Recent developments in the expression of thermal environmental control systems; Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Bishan, Singapore; The Science Park, Gelsenkirchen, Germany; Gotz Headquarters, Wurzburg, Germany; Central Library, Phoenix, Arizona, USA; RAC Regional Centre, Bristol, UK; The Scottish Office, Edinburgh, UK; Inland Revenue Offices, Nottingham, UK; Hall 26, Hannover Fair, Germany; Tokyo Gas 'Earth Port', Yokohama, Japan
- Eastgate Centre, Harare, ZimbabweUNSW Red Centre, Sydney, Australia; RWE Headquarters, Essen, Germany; Glaxo-Wellcome Headquarters, London, UK; Torrent Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India; Menara Umno, Penang, Malaysia; Overview, issues and trends; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610021932
- 9781135920517
- 1135920516
- 9781135920524
- 1135920524
- 9780203362488
- 0203362489
- 9781280021930
- 1280021934
- OCLC:
- 226372935
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