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How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture
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Illustrated with hundreds of illuminating line drawings, this classic guide reveals virtually every secret of a building’s function: how it stands up, keeps its occupants safe and comfortable, gets built, grows old, and dies–and why some buildings do this so much better than others.
Drawing on things he’s learned from the many buildings he himself designed (and in some cases built with his own hands), Edward Allen explains complex phenomena such as the role of the sun in heating buildings and the range of structural devices that are used for support, from trusses and bearing walls to post-tensioned concrete beams and corbeled vaults. He stresses the importance of intelligent design in dealing with such problems as overheating and overcooling, excessive energy use, leaky roofs and windows, fire safety, and noisy interiors. He serves up some surprises: thermal insulation is generally a better investment than solar collectors; board fences are not effective noise barriers; there’s one type of window that can be left open during a rainstorm. The new edition emphasizes “green” architecture and eco-conscious design and construction. It features a prologue on sustainable construction, and includes new information on topics such as the collapse of the World Trade Center, sick building syndrome, and EIFS failures and how they could have been prevented. Allen also highlights the array of amazing new building materials now available, such as self-cleaning glass, photovoltaics, transparent ceramics, cloud gel, and super-high-strength concrete and structural fibers.
Edward Allen makes it easy for everyone–from armchair architects and sidewalk superintendents to students of architecture and construction–to understand the mysteries and complexities of even the largest building, from how it recycles waste and controls the movement of air, to how it is kept alive and growing.
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Home Design in an Aging World
Home Design in an Aging World examines changing norms and social strains in an
aging world, and looks at their implications for home design. Jeffrey P. Rosenfeld
and Wid Chapman discuss senior home design in seven rapidly aging nations: Brazil,
China, India, Israel, Japan, Sweden, and the United States. All seven of these nations
are now faced with the challenge of providing housing for populations that are living
longer than ever before.
Comparing the United States to six other nations with growing populations of seniors,
the authors explore the ways that home design is shaped by the interplay of demographics,
social norms, and government policy and energized by the availability of
new technologies and new building materials. The cross-nation discussion follows the
growing trend towards a more global understanding of social issues while covering
the differences among nations in terms of the effects of policy on the types of housing
available, the design elements, and what people can afford. By raising important issues
such as universal design implications, technology and aging in home design, and
financing options and implications, this book sensitizes the students, professionals,
and the lay reader to the unique set of challenges of designing for the aging.
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Tags: Aging, Design, design elements, design implications, government policy, Home, interplay, new building materials, social issues, social norms, social strains, universal design, wid, WorldRelated posts