| Description |
238 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
Taking Stock -- Pt. 1. The Path to an Information Society: Basic Principles. 1. At the End of the Century: Trends and Demands of the Present. 2. The Dissolution of Architecture or Denser Building: Scenarios for the Future. 3. The Knowledge of Building Masters: Solutions from the Past. 4. Resources in Nature: The Potentials in our Environment -- Pt. 2. Sustainable Building: Examples and Ideas. 5. Living and Working in the Information Age: Integrated Building. 6. Comfortable Rooms - Quality Building. 7. In the Environment of with the Environment: Contextual Building. 8. Heavy or Light? Resource-Conserving Building. 9. The New Skin: Efficient Building. 10. Clever Construction - Ecological Assessment and Planning -- Pt. 3. Measures for Expansion and Renovation. 11. Intelligently Operated Buildings: High-Tech Systems. 12. Mobile Real Estate - New Use for Existing Buildings. Company Profiles |
| Summary |
What are the future demands on architecture, landscape architecture, structural engineering, technical building services and urban planning? What role will professionals in these fields play? How is building evolving in the information age? This book describes the complex challenges of the information age. Part 1 analyzes contemporary trends, future scenarios, solutions from the past and the resources available in nature. Part 2 introduces in theory and practice what sustainable building means in the information age, namely, integrated, high-quality, contextual, resource-conserving and efficient building in which ecological assessment and planning are critical. Finally, Part 3 presents the consequences of these trends and principles on the technical extension and renovation of buildings |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 230 |
| Subject |
Architecture and technology.
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Architecture -- Environmental aspects.
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Architecture -- Technological innovations.
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Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Schwaiger, Elizabeth.
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| ISBN |
0817658610 (Boston) |
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3764358610 (Basel) |
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