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OverviewFurther extending Jonathan Hill's investigation of authorship, this book recognizes the weather as a creative architectural force alongside the designer and user. Although acknowledging the influence of the client, contractor and engineer, the relations between the designer, user and weather are the focus of this book. Environmental discussions in architecture tend to focus on the practical or the poetic but here they are considered together. Rather than investigate architecture's relations to the weather in isolation, they are integrated into a wider discussion of cultural and social influences on architecture. The analysis of weather's effects on the design and experience of specific buildings and gardens is interwoven with a historical survey of changing attitudes to the weather in the arts, sciences and society, leading to a critical re-evaluation of contemporary responses to climate change. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jonathan HillPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.710kg ISBN: 9780415668613ISBN 10: 0415668611 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 19 January 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Things of a Natural Kind 2. The Seasons of A Life 3. A Life in Ruins 4. The Garden of Architecture 5. Pigments and Pollution 6. The Weather of Our Houses 7. Submitting to the Seasons 8. Fog, Glare and Gloom 9. Sweet Garden of Vanished PleasuresReviewsArchitecture of Regionalism in the Age of Globalization is a welcome contribution to the much-needed further exploration of the historical roots of regionalist tendencies in architecture. - Eric Storm, Institute for History, Leiden University, the Netherlands ...the author provides a profound analysis that is rooted as much in natural science, philosophy, and literature as it is in teh history of art, architecture, and landscape design. - Jakob Schoof, DETAIL Green, Germany Architecture of Regionalism in the Age of Globalization is a welcome contribution to the much-needed further exploration of the historical roots of regionalist tendencies in architecture. - Eric Storm, Institute for History, Leiden University, the Netherlands Author InformationAn architect and architectural historian, Jonathan Hill is Professor of Architecture and Visual Theory at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, where he directs the MPhil/PhD Architectural Design programme. Jonathan is the author of The Illegal Architect (1998), Actions of Architecture (2003) and Immaterial Architecture (2006), editor of Occupying Architecture (1998) and Architecture—the Subject is Matter (2001), and co-editor of Critical Architecture (2007). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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