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1. Vernacular Architecture of West Africa

   By Jean-Paul Bourdier, Trinh T. Minh-ha

   The living environments of hundreds of African ethnic groups offer a variety of ideas and construction practices which contradict the over-played image of primitive huts that have come to represent rural Africa. Each house or group of houses is conceived not only to shelter the family but also to...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-58543-9 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Precedents in Zero-Energy Design: Architecture and Passive Design in the 2007 Solar Decathlon

   By Michael Zaretsky

   ‘Michael Zaretsky’s Precedents in Zero-Energy Design is such an important book … it will help readers recognize that design comes before technology – and renewable energy systems alone can’t solve the problems we face’ John D. Quale, Assistant Professor of Architecture and ecoMOD Project...

   October 2009 | 978-0-415-77875-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Materials, Specification and Detailing: Foundations of Building Design

   By Norman Wienand

   Continuing in the holistic philosophy of the Technologies of Architecture series, this volume examines the various layers of knowledge, skills and mechanisms that make up the many approaches to the essential function of technical design in the creation of successful buildings....

   2007 | 978-0-415-40359-7 | Paperback (Taylor & Francis)
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   Advanced Building Simulation

   Edited by Ali Malkawi, Godfried Augenbroe

   This book introduces recent advances in building simulation and outlines its historic development. Two important topics are described: uncertainty in simulation and coupled simulations, which are both closely linked to attempts to improve control and accuracy. This is followed by coverage of wind...

   2004 | 978-0-415-32123-5 | Paperback (Spon Press)
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   The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems

   By George Baird

   The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems examines the way project teams can approach the design and expression of both active and passive environmental control systems in a more creative way. Using seminal case studies from around the world and interviews with the architects...

   2001 | 978-0-419-24430-1 | Hardback (Taylor & Francis)