Better Buildings: Learning from buildings in use by Simon Bradbury (English) Pap

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Through short essays from thought-leaders and case studies of visually stunning, environmentally ground-breaking projects, Better Buildings provides architects with the inspiration and tools they need to deliver sustainable design.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Despitean increasing demand for energy-efficient design, it is generally accepted thatarchitects rarely return to their creations to ensure that they are performingas intended: to talk to users, observe how the buildings work and have beenadapted, and whether the environments created are enjoyable places to be in. Whilemost building professionals recognise the value of follow-through andinvolvement after handover, there are many perceived barriers to undertakingthis work in practice. This book provides a bold vision for how some of theseperceived barriers can be overcome.BetterBuildingsprovides architects with the inspiration and tools they need to deliver trulysustainable design. Through essays and illustrated case studies, this essentialbook explores how sustainable buildings are occupied and work and sheds lighton the methods used to observe this. It illustrates that in observing buildingperformance in-use, sustainable architecture has moved beyond simply creatingbeautiful spaces, to deliver on the low-energy performances promised. 

Author Biography

Richard Partington is a co-founder and director of Richard Partington Architects. He is a sustainability expert to the Ministerial Advisory Group in Northern Ireland and is a Design Council CAME enabler. He has been a visiting lecturer at Cambridge University, UCL, and University of Wales, Cardiff. Simon Bradbury is a lecturer in Sustainable Design at the University of Plymouth. Simon's research focuses on performance in housing and its relationship to socio-economic constraints, as well as urban systems, sustainable cities and adaptation and mitigation policy.

Table of Contents

IntroductionEssays:1. Building Performance Evaluation? - Richard Partington2. Learning from the Innovate UK Building Performance Evaluation Programme - Tom Kordel3. Low energy buildings: Delivering theory in practice - Bill Gething4. Designing low energy buildings - Simon Bradbury5. Learning through practice - Mark Lumley6. Sustainable buildings a design challenge - Judit Kimpian7. Energy performance - Bill BordassCase Studies:Introduction to the case studies1. Woodlands Trust2. Greenfields Office3. John Hope Gateway4. Crawley library5. St Lukes School6. Wilkinson School7. WWF Headquarters8. One Brighton9. Derwenthorpe10.Lancaster co-housingConclusion

Long Description

This book started life as a successor to Sustainable Architecture , published in 2007, which set out to prove that sustainable architecture can indeed both lift the spirit as well as save the planet. This fully revised edition seeks to take a step further, exploring how sustainable buildings are occupied and work, and sheds light on the methods used to observe this. Through short essays from thought-leaders and case studies of visually stunning, environmentally ground-breaking projects, Better Buildings provides architects with the inspiration and tools they need to deliver sustainable design. "

Details ISBN1859465862 Author Mr Richard Partington Pages 192 Year 2017 ISBN-10 1859465862 ISBN-13 9781859465868 Format Paperback Edition 2nd Imprint RIBA Publishing Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 720.47 Media Book Subtitle Learning from buildings in use Short Title Better Buildings Language English AU Release Date 2017-04-03 NZ Release Date 2017-04-03 Publication Date 2017-04-03 UK Release Date 2017-04-03 Publisher RIBA Publishing Edition Description Second edition Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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