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Building envelopes : an integrated approach / Jenny Lovell.

By: Series: Architecture briefsPublication details: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781568988184
  • 1568988184
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TH 2235 .L68 2010
Contents:
Feedback loops of form and performance -- Comfort at the scale of the body -- Climate and context -- Interdisciplinary to transdisciplinary -- Materials and fabrication -- Building simulation tools -- Life cycle analysis -- Elements of a holistic approach -- Air: flow and ventilation -- Heat: gain and loss -- Water: systems and collection -- Materials: assemblies and installation -- Daylighting: comfort and control -- Energy: minimizing and maximizing -- Integrated building envelope strategies -- Live/work: adelaide wharf housing and 160 Tooley Street offices -- Deep plan: Harlequin 1 BSkyB transmission and recording facility -- Feedback loops: faculty of English and Institute of criminology -- Plug-ins: Tooley Street Terrace -- Maximizing value: 290 Mulberry Street -- Made to measure: the Charlotte building offices.
Summary: Advocates the design of building envelopes in an integrated way, where appearance, use, context, energy performance, structure, and cost are of equal importance in creating cost- and energy-efficient, yet aesthetically pleasing, facades.

Includes bibliographical references.

Feedback loops of form and performance -- Comfort at the scale of the body -- Climate and context -- Interdisciplinary to transdisciplinary -- Materials and fabrication -- Building simulation tools -- Life cycle analysis -- Elements of a holistic approach -- Air: flow and ventilation -- Heat: gain and loss -- Water: systems and collection -- Materials: assemblies and installation -- Daylighting: comfort and control -- Energy: minimizing and maximizing -- Integrated building envelope strategies -- Live/work: adelaide wharf housing and 160 Tooley Street offices -- Deep plan: Harlequin 1 BSkyB transmission and recording facility -- Feedback loops: faculty of English and Institute of criminology -- Plug-ins: Tooley Street Terrace -- Maximizing value: 290 Mulberry Street -- Made to measure: the Charlotte building offices.

Advocates the design of building envelopes in an integrated way, where appearance, use, context, energy performance, structure, and cost are of equal importance in creating cost- and energy-efficient, yet aesthetically pleasing, facades.

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