[audiobook] Smoking in Bed: Conversations with Bruce Robinson by Alistair Owen in Arts-Photography

Description

Design Primer for Hot Climates offers a discussion of architecture and planning for hot climates. The hot tropical and sub-tropical regions contain most of the worlds population and; it is here that the majority of new buildings will be built. For this reason this book concentrates on these regions but serves only as a broad outline of the climatic; environmental; and technological conditions. The book begins with a discussion of climatic elements; climatic zones; and comfort. This is followed by separate chapters on climatic design; regional hazards (e.g.; condensation; lightning; storms; earthquakes; etc.) that must be considered during the design stage; and factors such as site accessibility; materials selection; water and labor supply; and building regulations and standards. This book is meant not only for designers from temperate climatic areas but also for those who live in these regions; in the hope that they will be stimulated to re-examine conditions which may have become over-familiar to them.