Authors:
- Guide to ecological planning
- Engineering firm with many celebrated collaborators
- Documents a wealth of constructional details
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Our planet’s resources are finite, and the engineer’s work must take this fact into account. Sustainable elements should be foremost at every stage of a building's design, including the façade, building technology, lighting, rainwater use, as well as heating and ventilation strategies. The international, multi-disciplinary engineering firm Buro Happold has been active in sustainable and environmental engineering design for thirty years and has earned a reputation for expertise and excellence in this field. This book introduces the work of the firm, presenting selected projects with a wide range of constructional detail. Included are the roof of the Queen Elizabeth II courtyard of the British Museum (with Foster and Partners), the Millennium Dome in London (with Richard Rogers), and the Wessex Water Headquarters in Bath. The firm focuses on realizing ideas in an ecologically sensible way and developing solutions from a long-term perspective.
About the author
Peter Davey is a writer and architect. He was editor in chief of Architectural Review for many years and has written many books on architecture.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Engineering for a Finite Planet
Book Subtitle: Sustainable Solutions by Buro Happold
Authors: Peter Davey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8166-0
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
eBook Packages: Architecture and Design, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Basel 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 151
Number of Illustrations: 75 b/w illustrations, 108 illustrations in colour
Topics: Basics of Construction, Functions of a Complex Variable