Eco-architecture II : harmonisation between architecture and nature / editors, G. Broadbent, C.A. Brebbia.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International Conference on Harmonisation Between Architecture and Nature, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Brebbia, C. A.

Broadbent, Geoffrey.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Harmonisation Between Architecture and Nature (2nd : 2008 : Algarve, Portugal)

International Conference on Harmonisation Between Architecture and Nature.

Series:

WIT transactions on ecology and the environment ; v. 113.

WIT transactions on ecology and the environment ; v. 113

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Environmental aspects--Congresses.

Architecture.

Architecture--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Other Title:

Eco-architecture 2

Eco-architecture two

Place of Publication:

Southampton : WIT, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contains papers presented at the second International Conference on Eco-Architecture. The original Conference was the first to be held worldwide on the subject of sustainable architecture in order to define what ECO-ARCHITECTURE actually is, i.e. ""Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature"". The subject has matured in the two years between conferences and the submitted papers can be categorised into Ecological and Cultural Sensitivity, Design with Nature, Resource Conservation and Building Technology, Design by Passive Systems, Case Studies, Rehabilitation and Adaptive Re-use. T

Contents:

Cover; Eco-Architecture II; Preface; Copyright page; Contents; Section 1: Ecological and cultural sensitivity; Section 2: Design with nature; Section 3: Resource conservation and building technologies; Section 4: Design by passive systems; Section 5: Case studies; Section 6: Rehabilitation and adaptive re-use; Author Index

Notes:

Conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-78977-8

9786613700162

1-84564-327-5

OCLC:

647812220