The Selective Environment

by Dean Hawkes, Jane McDonald, Koen Steemers

The complex art of architecture embraces all of the concerns of the world's cultures. It meets the fundamental needs for shelter from the elements, but, almost from its origins, has acquired other purposes and meanings. The Selective Environment is an approach to environmentally responsive architectural design that seeks to make connections between the technical preoccupations of architectural science, and the necessity, never more urgent than today, to sustain cultural identity at a time of rapid global, technological change.

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 29, 2001

About the author

Dean Hawkes ist Professor für Entwerfen an der Universität Cardiff und hat zahlreiche Bücher und Artikel über umweltverträgliches Bauen veröffentlicht.

Reviews

[Jonathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whilst attempting to offer a comprehensive introduction to the design of an environmentally conscious selective environment in buildings the main detractor from this otherwise informative text are the outdated and somewhat superficial case studies. Nine buildings have been selected to illustrate both a diverse range of environments and responses and do the first admirably; however, there is a complete lack of detail in drawings or photographs for the majority of the projects to demonstrate any of the sustainable strategies they are supposed to embody.