Building envelopes : an integrated approach / Jenny Lovell.

Main entry:

Lovell, Jenny, 1967-

Title & Author:

Building envelopes : an integrated approach / Jenny Lovell.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 22 cm.

Series:

Architecture briefs

Notes:
Case study projects : Adelaide Wharf housing, London / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris LLP Architects -- 160 Tooley Street offices, London / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris LLP Architects -- Harlequin 1, BSkyB transmission and recording facility, London / Arup Associates -- Faculty of English and Institute of Criminology, Cambridge / Allies and Morrison -- Tooley Street Terrace, London / Hawkins\Brown -- 290 Mulberry Street, New York / SHoP Architects -- The Charlotte Building, London / Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands.
Includes bibliographical references.
Section I. Feedback loops of form and performance : Comfort at the scale of the body -- Climate and context -- Interdisciplinary to transdisciplinary -- Materials and fabrication -- Building simulation tools -- Life cycle analysis -- Section II. Elements of a holistic approach : Air: flow and ventilation -- Heat: gain and loss -- Water: systems and collection -- Materials: assemblies and installation -- Daylighting: comfort and control -- Energy: minimizing and maximizing -- Section III. Integrated building envelope strategies : Live/work: Adelaide Wharf housing and 160 Tooley Street offices -- Deep plan: Harlequin 1, BSkyB transmission and recording facility -- Feedback loops: Faculty of English and Institute of Criminology -- Plug-ins: Tooley Street Terrace -- Maximizing value: 290 Mulberry Street -- Made to measure: the Charlotte Building offices.

Summary:

Advocates the design of building envelopes in an integrated way, where appearance, use, context, energy performance, structure, and cost are of equal importance in creating cost- and energy-efficient, yet aesthetically pleasing, facades.

ISBN:

9781568988184 (alk. paper)
1568988184 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Facades Design and construction.
Fassade
Fassadenbau
Umhüllungskonstruktion.

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Architecture briefs.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 267517
Call No.: BIB 199505
Status: Available

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