Thermal Delight in Architecture (MIT Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (504 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 026258039X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 94 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Quick, engaging read" according to t22money. A great way to re-orient yourself to think about intelligent design. Technology can certainly solve any problem, but often times it is far simpler/cheaper/easier to plan ahead, think carefully, and use passive strategies to your advantage. Part design, part architecture/building science, part lifestyle/p. Highly recommended. Amazon Customer This quirky book is insanely interesting, as well as very original. After I read it I thought about it for months afterward. Highly recommended.. Amazon Customer said Five Stars. The book was very engaging, and it was a short read too!
This book for the solar age could help change all that and open up for us a new dimension of architectural experience. This book explores the potential for using thermal qualities as an expressive element in building design.Until quite recently, building technology and design has favored high-energy-consuming mechanical methods of neutralizing the thermal environment. It has not responded to the various ways that people use, remember, and care about the thermal environment and how they associate their thermal sense with their other senses. Not only i