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Elemental Architecture
Temperaments of Sustainability
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Recommended for students, researchers, and professionals interested in sustainable architecture, architectural theory, and environmental design that integrates both scientific and poetic considerations.
Examines the positive and negative environmental impact each of the elements - earth, water, air, fire, ether - have on architectural design. Provides an alternative, qualitative, poetic approach to sustainable architecture and environmental design.
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Elemental Architecture presents a new and refreshing approach to sustainable architectural practice. Going beyond the standard performance-based and quantitative sustainable measures, it incorporates a broader framework of considerations, including the more poetic and noetic possibilities of environmental design.
The book is structured around the ancient Greek and medieval alchemists’ system of the Five Temperaments: fire, earth, air, water, and ether. Phillip James Tabb examines how these elements produce both positive and negative environmental forces which have an impact on architectural design – from drinking water and fresh air to torrential floods and tornados. He shows how responding to or enhancing these forces can help us to create a more sustainable, healthy, and purposeful architecture.
To illustrate this, each chapter draws on seminal contemporary works of architecture, from Peter Zumthor’s Bruder-Klaus Field Chapel to Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece at Fallingwater. These examples are accompanied by over a hundred high-quality illustrations.
Expanding the discussion of sustainability to include phenomenological as well as qualitative considerations, Elemental Architecture is ideal for students and researchers with an interest in sustainable architecture and architectural theory.
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"Phillip Tabb's book offers an insightful exploration into the fundamental essence of architecture through the lens of elemental forces. The detailed philosophical insights complemented by vivid visual examples reconnect readers to nature's profound role in design, encouraging harmony with both positive and negative environmental influences. In an age dominated by technology, this work serves as a refreshing reminder of our shared natural heritage and its capacity to enhance wellbeing." - Roberto Chiotti, Architect, Toronto, Canada
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780815391906
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 November 2018
Country: United States
Imprint: Routledge
Illustration: 2 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white; 115 Halftones, black and white
Audience: Tertiary education
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Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 700g
Pages: 194
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About the Author
Phillip James Tabb is Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Texas A&M University, USA, where he served as Department Head from 2001 to 2005. He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Cincinnati, USA, Master of Architecture from the University of Colorado, USA, and PhD from the Architectural Association in London, UK. He is author of Solar Energy Planning, The Greening of Architecture: A Critical History and Survey of Contemporary Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design and Serene Urbanism: A Biophilic Theory and Practice of Sustainable Placemaking, and Co-editor of Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality. He is the masterplanner for the award-winning Serenbe Community and is a practicing urban designer and licensed architect.
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