THE RECOVERY OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE Air, Control and Climate

This book unravels the extremely complex history of understanding and perception of air, bad air, miasmas, airborne pathogens, beneficial thermal conditions, ideal climates and climate determinism. It uncovers inventive and entirely viable attempts to design large buildings, hospitals, theatres and...

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Main Author: Short, C. Alan 1955- (Charles Alan) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon, Oxford New York, NY Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group 2017
Series:BRI book series (Routledge building research and information)
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505 0 # |a Airs, fears, dangers -- Climate and its annihilation -- Temperate climates -- Urban heat islands -- Theatres -- Hospitals -- Mediterranean climates -- Continental climates -- Existing buildings -- Delivering the 'recovery' 
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