Earth, water, air, fire : the four elements and architecture /

• Other Authors: Mateo, José Luis, 1949- (επιμελητής.), Sauter, Florian, 1978- (επιμελητής.)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York : ACTAR Publishers, 2014
• Subjects: Αρχιτεκτονική > Περιβαλλοντικές απόψεις; Βιοκλιματική αρχιτεκτονική

Forced to interact with the natural elements that invigorate a built structure and co-determine a building's experiential reality during construction, one ought to keep in mind their brute powers - earth's crushing heaviness, the erratic character of water, air's thermo-dynamic catacl...