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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790435303321

Autore

Strub Harold

Titolo

Bare poles : building design for high latitudes / / Harold Strub

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Ottawa] : , : Carleton University Press, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

1-283-53150-X

9786613843951

0-7735-8490-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (194 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Carleton library series ; ; 185

Disciplina

721/.0911

Soggetti

Architecture - Arctic regions

Architecture and climate

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

I People. Origins; Populations; Transitions; Lifestyles -- II Terrain. Earth and water; Air and fire; Flor and fauna; -- III Climate. Sunlight; Temperature; Wind, rain, and snow; Humidity -- IV Program. Settlement; Shelter; Owner; Logistics; Barriers -- V Design. Place; Neighbourhood; Geometry; Planning; Entries; Foundations; Walls; Windows; Doors; Roofs; Materials; Services -- Afterword -- Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

"Designing successfully for people in the world's coldest climates demands a broad understanding of site conditions and their unique social context. Until now such knowledge often lay unarticulated in the minds of a few experienced practitioners or in the disappearing traditions of aboriginal peoples. Bare Poles is a guide for the future. A lively text, informed by more than 150 drawings, photographs, tables, and maps, it sets out the information and questions designers must keep in mind when building in high latitudes and remote communities. A key reference for architects, engineers, planners, builders, hamlet managers or building program administrators in the Canadian North - and a one-stop briefing for newcomers - Bare Poles is equally relevant to other polar regions and to cold climate zones at midlatitudes."--Jacket.