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Design, technology and the development process in the built environment / edited by Tony Collier.

Contributor(s): Collier, Tony.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Spon, 1995Description: xvii, 211 p. : ill, maps, plans ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0419195505 .Subject(s): Architecture | BuildingDDC classification: 624
Contents:
Part One: The fundamental challenges -- Vision and intervention -- The social challenge -- The challenge of technology -- Part Two: The process of development -- Building together -- UK development processes in an international context -- Influences on design -- Part Three: The design and construction of buildings -- Concepts of structure and space -- The building skin -- Aspects of engineering services in design and development -- Individual and collective responsibilities.

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This second book in the BEST series explores the fundamental generators and contextual issues - philosophical, physical and political - that influence built environments. It draws on international examples to show how societies and cultures in different parts of the world react to similar problems. It contrasts dramatically different types of buildings and enclosures from primitive shelters to space laboratories. They show how mankind endeavours to control the environment - whatever it is.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One: The fundamental challenges -- Vision and intervention -- The social challenge -- The challenge of technology -- Part Two: The process of development -- Building together -- UK development processes in an international context -- Influences on design -- Part Three: The design and construction of buildings -- Concepts of structure and space -- The building skin -- Aspects of engineering services in design and development -- Individual and collective responsibilities.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • The fundamental challenges
  • Vision and intervention
  • The social challenge
  • The challenge of technology
  • The process of development - creating a sense of place
  • Building together
  • UK development processes in an international context
  • Building in a context
  • The design and construction of buildings
  • Concepts of structure and space
  • The building skin
  • Aspects of engineering sevices in design and development
  • Individual and collective responsibilities
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Iluminada Baturone, Angel Barriga, Carlos Jimenez-Fernandez, Diego R. Lopez, Santiago Sanchez-Solano

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