Architecture and systems ecology : thermodynamic principles of environmental building design, in three parts / William W. Braham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braham, William W., 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable buildings.

Architecture and energy conservation.

Buildings--Thermal properties.

Buildings.

Buildings--Mechanical equipment--Energy consumption.

Buildings--Environmental engineering.

Bionics.

Physical Description:

xx, 256p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

This book explores the architectural implications of systems ecology, which extends the principles of thermodynamics from the nineteenth-century focus on more efficient machinery to the contemporary concern with the resilient self-organization of ecosystems.

Contents:

1. Environments of maximum power

2. Buildings in three parts

3. Building-as-shelter

4. Building-as-setting for the work of living

5. Building-as-site in urban and economic locations

6. Design of thermodynamic narratives.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781315727721 : (ebk)

9781315727721

OCLC:

958108458