LEADER 03607nam 22006254a 450 001 9910876604803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-19941-5 010 $a9786610199419 010 $a0-470-75881-3 010 $a0-470-75906-2 010 $a1-4051-2838-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342201 035 $a(EBL)233032 035 $a(OCoLC)437147369 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000115870 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140885 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115870 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10027117 035 $a(PQKB)10629450 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC233032 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342201 100 $a20030129d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBuildings, culture and environment $einforming local and global practices /$fedited by Raymond J. Cole & Richard Lorch 210 $aOxford, UK ;$aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (418 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-0004-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Contributors; 1 Introduction: Knowledge, Values and Building Design; Section I: Understanding Context; 2 Section introduction Understanding Context; 3 Globalisation - Entangled Places, Interface Buildings, Generic Design; 4 Trading Places - Sharing Knowledge about Environmental Building Techniques; 5 Green Buildings - Reconciling Technological Change and Occupant Expectations; 6 Cultural Issues for a Sustainable Built Environment; 7 Section commentary; Section II: Understanding Expectations; 8 Section introduction 327 $a9 The Role of the Client in Shaping the Satisfactory Outcome of the Construction Process10 User Needs and Expectations; 11 Historical and Cultural Influences on Comfort Expectations; 12 BEQUEST - an International Cross-cultural Cooperation and Information Exchange; 13 Section commentary Reconciling Expectations; Section III: Understanding Process; 14 Section introduction Understanding Process; 15 Technology Transfer - a Vernacular View; 16 Social and Organisational Understanding of Stakeholder Interests; 17 Contemporary Chinese Architectural and Planning Practice - Aspirations and Challenges 327 $a18 A Bio-regional Approach to Environmental Building - a Case Study of the KST House19 Cultural Aspects of Environmental Housing in Japan; 20 Section commentary Understanding Delivery Processes; Section IV: Afterword; 21 Afterword: Towards a New Social Contract?; Index 330 $aTThe book focuses on key issues for present and future practice and research needs related to advancing the environmental performance of buildings and addresses the role regional culture plays in the successful (or otherwise) process of exchanging and adapting environmental practices and standards in the built environment. 517 1 $aBuildings, culture & environment 606 $aConstruction industry$xAppropriate technology 606 $aArchitecture and society 606 $aSustainable architecture 615 0$aConstruction industry$xAppropriate technology. 615 0$aArchitecture and society. 615 0$aSustainable architecture. 676 $a720 701 $aCole$b Raymond$f1948-$0964257 701 $aLorch$b Richard$0713688 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910876604803321 996 $aBuildings, culture and environment$92187057 997 $aUNINA