Design with Climate by Victor Olgyay
Architects today incorporate principles of sustainable design as a matter of necessity. But the challenge of unifying climate control and building functionality, of securing a managed environment within a natural setting--and combating the harsh forces of wind, water, and sun--presented a new set of obstacles to architects and engineers in the mid-
"Design with Climate has had an extremely important impact on the practice of sustainable design, and is perhaps even more relevant today than when it was when originally published in 1963In many ways the book was ahead of its time."—Peter Anderson, author of Prefab Prototypes: Site-specific Design for Offsite Construction
"Design with Climate is a seminal work of continued relevance, and is especially needed as architects relearn the basics of climatic design in order to right the causes and effects of global warming."—Bruce Haglund, University of Idaho
"Design with Climate is a seminal work of continued relevance, and is especially needed as architects relearn the basics of climatic design in order to right the causes and effects of global warming."—Bruce Haglund, University of Idaho
Victor Olgyay (1910-70) was associate professor in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at Princeton University. He was a leading researcher on the relationship between architecture, climate, and energy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691169736 |
| ISBN 10 | 069116973X |
| Title | Design with Climate |
| Author | Victor Olgyay |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2015-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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