Construction: Essays on Architectural History, Theory &
Technology
Edited by Nicholas Patricios and
Stavros Alifragkis
ISBN: 978-960-9549-61-5, 350 pages
First published in
2012 by ATINER
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Gregory
Papanikos |
ix |
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Foreword Nicholas
Patricios |
xi |
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1. |
Construction: An
Introduction Stavros Alifragkis |
1 |
Part A:
Histories of Other Spaces |
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2. |
Place Experience of the Sacred: The Topography of
Mount Athos Christos P. Kakalis |
17 |
3. |
Fantasies of Bathing: Hotel Hamams as Orientalized
Stereotypes Burkay
Pasin |
27 |
4. |
British
Civic Architecture in the United States of the Ionian Islands Nicholas Patricios |
39 |
5. |
Time
Magazine and the Publication of Celebrity Architects Alanya Drummond |
59 |
Part B:
Design Approaches and Methodologies |
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6. |
Architectural
Technology; The Making of an Academic Discipline Norman Wienand |
73 |
7. |
Light
and Sustainable Building Envelope Construction: A Meeting Point for
Architects and Engineers Matt Fajkus |
83 |
8. |
Technological
Advances in Design and Construction: Bridging the Gap between the Conception
Stage and the Manufacturing Process
Mania Aghaei Meibodi |
99 |
9. |
Developed Surfaces: Construction Logic and
Geometrical Control Vincent
Snyder |
117 |
10. |
Experience and Illusion: Architecture as a
Perceptual Catalyser Luis Alfonso de la Fuente Suárez
and Antonio
Millán Gómez |
137 |
11. |
Self Build Design and Construction Processes and the
Future of Sustainable Design Education Eleni Tracada |
157 |
Part C:
Sustainable Design: Advances and Case Studies |
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12. |
Social Transformation for a Sustainable Built Environment:
Problems and Prospects Matthew Kubik, Patrick J.
Ashton and Regina Leffers |
175 |
13. |
Residential Design and Regulations for Sustainable
Development. An Australian Perspective Marie Elise Marrier
d’Unienville |
187 |
14. |
The Built-form, the Environmental Performance and
the Retrofit Potential of Post-war Urban Dwellings in Greece: The Case of
Thessaloniki Despoina Kapodistria |
199 |
15. |
A
Case Study in Analysis and Improvement of Energy Efficiency in Data Center Xiaoshu Lü, Tao Lu and Martti Viljanen |
215 |
16. |
Passive
and Active Micro-Generation Building Systems for Cooling and Dehumidification
in Hot and Tropical Climates Thomas Spiegelhalter |
227 |
17. |
Unique Design and Construction
Challenges for a Solar Decathlon House Camilo Rosales and Mohammed Shanti |
243 |
Part D:
Novel
Building Practices and Construction Techniques |
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18. |
Project Schedule Acceleration
Considering Risk Osama Moselhi and Nazila Roofigari-Esfahan |
259 |
19. |
A UK and Australian Perspective of
the Suitability of the SCL Protocol’s Provision for Dealing with Float for
Adoption and Use by the Australian Construction Industry Peter Ward |
269 |
20. |
Sustainable Energy Dissipation and
Evolutionary Viscous Damping in Wood-Frame Structures Kittinan Dhiradhamvit and Thomas L. Attard |
283 |
21. |
Resistance of Supersulfated
Cement Concrete to Carbonation and Sulfate Attack Socrates Ioannou, Kevin Paine and Keith
Quillin |
293 |
22. |
Effect of a Modified Zeolite Additive on the Alkali Silica Reaction of Mortar Bolanle Deborah Ikotun |
305 |
List of Contributors |
313 |
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Bibliography |
315 |