American Building The Environmental Forces That Shape It

by Fitch, James Marston; Bobenhausen, William

• ISBN13: 9780195110401
• ISBN10: 0195110404
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-06
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Systematically examines the various aspects of the environment which buildings control for human habitation and draws on scientific research to probe into this problem. 162 halftones.

Author Biography

James Marston Fitch is Professor Emeritus in the School of Architecture at Columbia University and Director Emeritus of its Graduate Program of Historic Preservation, the first of its kind in the United States, which he founded in 1964. He has served as the first curator of Central Park and was an editor of Architectural Forum and House Beautiful. For the last twenty years, he has been Director of Historical Preservation for the New York City-based architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle, widely acknowledged for their restoration of Ellis Island and Grand Central Terminal. He lives in New York City. William Bobenhausen is an architect and Adjunct Professor at the School of Architecture and Environmental Studies at the City College of New York and at the New jersey Institute of Technology. He is the author of Simplified Design of HVAC Systems in the Parker/Ambrose series. He is Director of Sustainable Design with Steven Winter Associates in Norwalk, CT. He lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, where he has served as chairman of the Planning Board and Village Trustee.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii	(2)
Richard Blinder
Preface	ix
1 Experiential Bases for Esthetic Decisions	3	(21)
2 The Social Consequences of Architectural Intervention	24	(13)
3 Fair and Warmer Control of the Thermal Environment	37	(31)
4 Pure as the Air You Breathe Control of the Atmospheric Environment	68	(34)
5 "Oh, Say, Can You See..." Control of the Luminous Environment	102	(45)
6 Silence--Men At Work Control of the Sonic Environment	147	(35)
7 The Architectural Manipulation of Space, Time, and Gravity	182	(39)
8 Skeleton and Skin The Morphological Development of Structural Systems	221	(36)
9 The Integration of Environmental Control Systems	257	(42)
10 Plan: The Instrument of Policy	299	(30)
11 Toward Sustainability	329	(20)
12 Prospects for the Democratic Esthetic	349	(12)
Notes	361	(12)
Credits for Illustrations	373	(6)
Index	379