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Book Title
Thermal Delight in Architecture
Publication Name
Thermal Delight in Architecture
Title
Thermal Delight in Architecture
Author
Lisa Heschong
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
026258039X
EAN
9780262580397
ISBN
9780262580397
Publisher
MIT Press
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Architecture
Release Date
05/12/1979
Release Year
1979
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.5in
Item Length
8in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
4.4 Oz
Publication Year
1979
Topic
Materials Science / General, General
Number of Pages
96 Pages

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Our thermal environment is as rich in cultural associations as our visual, acoustic, olfactory, and tactile environments. 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. The hearth fire, the sauna, the Roman and Japanese baths, and the Islamic garden are discussed as archetypes of thermal delight about which rituals have developed-reinforcing bonds of affection and ceremony forged in the thermal experience. Not only is thermal symbolism now obsolete but the modern emphasis on central heating systems and air conditioning and hermetically sealed buildings has actually damaged our thermal coping and sensing mechanisms. This book for the solar age could help change all that and open up for us a new dimension of architectural experience. As the cost of energy continues to skyrocket, alternatives to the use of mechanical force must be developed to meet our thermal needs. A major alternative is the use of passive solar energy, and the book will provide those interested in solar design with a reservoir of ideas.

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Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
026258039x
ISBN-13
9780262580397
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28038282223

Product Key Features

Book Title
Thermal Delight in Architecture
Author
Lisa Heschong
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Materials Science / General, General
Publication Year
1979
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Architecture
Number of Pages
96 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
4.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Na2541
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Copyright Date
1979
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
79-020492
Dewey Decimal
721
Dewey Edition
18
Illustrated
Yes

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