Architecture, engineering and environment. /

Hawkes, Dean

Architecture, engineering and environment. / Dean Hawkes and Wayne Forster. - London : Laurence King Publishing, 2002 - 239 p. : ill. 29 cm.

Addresses the ways in which architects and engieers collaborate in the process of environmental control in buildings .From the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century ,they began to work together to achieve new standards of comfort within buildings and as,a consequence ,to bring about a fundamental transformation in the nature of architecture.Th the beginning of the 21st century ,the debate on the vulnerability of the global environment has given new significance to the environmental agenda in architecure.

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Architecture and energy conservation
Buildings
Engineering