1st Edition
Architecture and Energy Performance and Style
Introduction: Architecture and Energy (Again) (William W. Braham & Dan Willis) Part 1: Energy Systems 1. Architecture, Style, and Power: the Work of Civilization (William W. Braham) 3. Architecture and Life (Luis Fernández-Galiano) 4. Energy and the Social Hierarchy of Households (and Buildings) (Thomas Abel) 5. Design in the Light of Dark Energy (John Thackara) Part 2: Building Performance 6. Less is Less: Are Architects Thinking Too Small? (Daniel E. Willis) 7. Environmental Surfing - Delight and Nature's Renewable Energies (Vivian Loftness) 8. Adaptive Architecture (Simos Yannas) 9. Designing for Low-Energy: Seeking Representations of High-Performance Homes in Post-War America (Franca Trubiano) Part 3: Architectural Aspects 10. Technics and Poetics of the Architectural Environment (Dean Hawkes) 11. The Formations of Energy in Architecture (Kiel Moe) 12. Visualizing Renewable Resources (Daniel Barber)
Biography
William W. Braham is Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is currently Director of the Master of Environmental Building Design.
Daniel Willis is Professor of Architecture at Pennsylvania State University, where he is Interim Director of The Institute for the Arts and Humanities and a founder of the Center for Research on Design and Innovation.
