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020 _a9781940291468
082 _a728.3
084 _a728.3
_bEAR
245 0 0 _aEarth, water, air, fire :
_h[Book] :
_bthe four elements and architecture /
_cJosep Llu©Ưs Mateo & Florian Sauter (eds.).
300 _a213 pages :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c22 cm.
520 _aForced 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 cataclysms, or the dangerous benignity of fire. Affective in a direct way, they act as guiding principles in the process of realization: While the earth targets the foundations, the roof shields from water, the openings control the flow of air, and the walls protect from the gleaming sun.
521 _aAll.
650 _aArchitecture
_xEnvironmental aspects.
650 _aSustainable architecture.
700 1 _aMateo, Jos©♭ Luis,
_d1949-,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aSauter, Florian,
_d1978-
852 _p52004
_93915.96
_h728.3 EAR
_vMulti-Line Books Lahore CUI Lahore
_bGround Floor
_dBooks
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_q1-New
_aJZL-CUI
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_d77035