Insulating modernism : isolated and non-isolated thermodynamics in architecture / Kiel Moe.
Material type: TextPublisher: Basel ; Boston : Birkhauser, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: 1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783038213215Subject(s): Insulation (Heat) | Buildings -- Thermal properties | Architecture and energy conservation | Modern movement (Architecture)Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Insulating modernism : isolated and non-isolated thermodynamics in architecture.DDC classification: 621.402/4 LOC classification: TH1715 | .M54 2014Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Buildings are non-isolated, transient structures of dissipation : a reckoning in the form of an introduction -- A history of heat transfer in buildings -- A material history of insulation in modernity -- Physiology, insulation, climate, and pedagogy -- The architecture of dissipation -- A dissipative epilogue : breathing walls / by Salmaan Craig -- Conclusion : the metabolic rift, gift & shift of architecture's necessary excess.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
There are no comments on this title.