TY  - BOOK
AU  - Broadbent,Geoffrey
AU  - Brebbia,C.A.
ED  - International Conference on Harmonisation Between Architecture and Nature.
TI  - Eco-architecture II: harmonisation between architecture and nature 
SN  - 9781845641191 (hbk.)
SN  - 1746448X 
U1  - 720.47 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Southampton, UK, Boston
PB  - WIT
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Congresses
N1  - SECTION 1: Ecological and cultural sensitivity
1: Learning from vernacular architecture: sustainability and cultural conformity
2: The ecology of the mudhif
3: The vernacular of Tibet, harnessing panoramic sunshine
4: The fortress, a house with a vision
Etc.

SECTION 2: Design with nature
1: The dislocation of composition: architecture and Eco-sustainability
2: Swarm-driven idea models-from insect nests to modern architecture
3: Defining ecological regionalism - a theoretical perspective
4: In harmony with nature - the suckling Elephant House of Malaysia
Etc.

SECTION 3: Resource conservation and building technologies
1: Hands-on learning: the ecoMOD project
2: Urban energy harvest and optimization in use of renewable energy sources in the Droevendaal residential area
3: Cost benefit analysis of energy efficient family houses
4: Timber: a changing material and its effect on the architectural form
Etc.

SECTION 4; Design by passive systems
1: Hygrothermic performance of exterior and interior surfaces of buildings
2: Visualizing sustainability in urban conditions
3: Study of the behavior of the shutter prototype for non-residential buildings, aimed at containing the summer heating load
4: Use of active and passive solar systems in residential buildings
Etc.

SECTION 5: Case studies
1: Generation p(ost-fossil)
2: The solar house in 1947
3: Daylight availability in courtyards of urban dwellings in Athens

SECTION 6: Rehabilitation and adaptive re-use
1: The Emperor's new clothes: living skins and the reconsideration of the post-war office tower
2: Rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of historic buildings in Poland
3: Rehabilitating existing high-rise residential buildings: the idea of Ecoskin
; Includes bibliographical references and index p.349
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy1002/2008300544.html
ER  -