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Introduction to Architectural Technology
Understanding the relationship between design and technology is critical to the understanding of architecture. Aimed clearly at architectural students, this book provides an accessible introduction to all aspects of architectural structural physics, structural elements and forms, heating, lighting, environmental control, and computer modeling. As well as providing a clear grounding in these topics, it will also help students to integrate their design thinking with appropriatestructural and environmental solutions.
The book sets out to explain the relationships between physical phenomena, materials, building elements, and structural types using simple classification systems and real world examples. Photographs are used to familiarize the user with common construction technology, while historical examples are employed to chart significant moments in the history of architectural engineering. Every topic area is accompanied by a set of cross-references for further reading and research.
In addition, this volume explores current computer techniques for assisting students to predict the structural and environmental behavior of buildings. It also uses historical precedents to explain how the success of a technology is directly related to its cultural context. Written by three experienced teachers, this book will be invaluable for those contemplating the study of architecture and for those already embarked on such a course.
The book sets out to explain the relationships between physical phenomena, materials, building elements, and structural types using simple classification systems and real world examples. Photographs are used to familiarize the user with common construction technology, while historical examples are employed to chart significant moments in the history of architectural engineering. Every topic area is accompanied by a set of cross-references for further reading and research.
In addition, this volume explores current computer techniques for assisting students to predict the structural and environmental behavior of buildings. It also uses historical precedents to explain how the success of a technology is directly related to its cultural context. Written by three experienced teachers, this book will be invaluable for those contemplating the study of architecture and for those already embarked on such a course.
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192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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May 14, 2021
I only made it to page 76 and I can’t go on.
In those 76 pages, I caught 2 factual errors that drove me crazy (due to poor editing). For example: “the average distance from the earth to the sun is around 93 miles” on page 76.
In my opinion, the book was both too basic and too inaccessible at the same. I think this is due to its ambitious goal of getting each subtopic to fit onto two pages (with one of those pages dedicated to photos).
I hate quitting on a book but there’s a first time for everything.
In those 76 pages, I caught 2 factual errors that drove me crazy (due to poor editing). For example: “the average distance from the earth to the sun is around 93 miles” on page 76.
In my opinion, the book was both too basic and too inaccessible at the same. I think this is due to its ambitious goal of getting each subtopic to fit onto two pages (with one of those pages dedicated to photos).
I hate quitting on a book but there’s a first time for everything.
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