Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment

Title Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment ISBN 0226036987 Author Banham, Reyner Subject Architecture Binding Paperback Publisher University Of Chicago Press Publisher Year 1984 Condition Fine Description 0.63 x 7.56 x 7.09 Inches; 319 pages; Reyner Banham was a pioneer in arguing that technology, human needs, and environmental concerns must be considered an integral part of architecture. No historian before him had so systematically explored the impact of environmental engineering on the design of buildings and on the minds of architects. In this revision of his classic work, Banham has added considerable new material on the use of energy, particularly solar energy, in human environments. Included in the new material are discussions of Indian pueblos and solar architecture, the Centre Pompidou and other high-tech buildings, and the environmental wisdom of many current architectural vernaculars.