Architectural Science Review articles from June 2008

Architectural Science Review archives from June 2008

Towards an environmental psychology of workspace: how people are affected by environments for work.(Invited Review Paper)(Report)
June 1, 2008... Abstract: Inquiry into how people experience environmental conditions at work is a growing area of study. Until the 1980s, there was insufficient research on 'workspaces' -and on office environments in particular--to warrant review. Since that...

The development of transparent water storage envelopes (TWSE) through theoretical thermal and optical analyses.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Abstract: A Transparent Water Storage Envelope (TWSE) is an innovative curtain wall system being developed to improve the overall energy efficiency of commercial buildings by means of minimizing the cooling load in summer and heat loss in...

Analysis of embodied energy requirements for natural dimensioned stone production in Jordan.(Technical report)
June 1, 2008... Abstract: Due to high costs in the building industry, this research focuses on tracking the manufacturing processes of natural stone including quarrying, transportation, sawing, and finishing. The study investigated the local conditions for...

Space planning and energy efficiency in office buildings: the role of spatial and temporal diversity.(Technical report)
June 1, 2008... Abstract: This research investigates the impact on energy use of the different ways in which office spaces can be organised and used. It explores typical UK office layouts, utilisation densities and intensities on a good practice-base case...

Factors affecting baseline productivity in masonry construction: A comparative study in the US, UK and Jordan.(Technical report)
June 1, 2008... Abstract: This paper presents a comparative study of masonry construction productivity among three countries, namely United States, United Kingdom, and Jordan. It aims at quantifying factors that cause significant changes in baseline...

The effect of consistency between type and style on evaluative responses to mosques and non-religious buildings.(Technical report)
June 1, 2008... Abstract: This paper adopts the concept of schema as a framework within which architectural style, building type, and cultural association interact as a system of environmental experience. Any discrepancy in this system of experience in...

Width or height? Which has the strongest impact on the size impression of rooms? Results from full-scale studies and computer simulations.(Technical report)
June 1, 2008... Abstract: Full-scale studies of small rooms were conducted to find out whether width or height has a stronger influence on the size impression of the room. The study also investigated whether this question can be answered using computer...

Implementing a buildability assessment model for buildability improvement.(Technical report)
June 1, 2008... Abstract: In view of the need to improve the buildability of building designs pursuant to an industry-wide study, a Buildability Assessment Model (BAM) has been developed for use in Hong Kong by adapting the Buildable Design Appraisal System of...

Recent Doctoral Dissertations and Theses: Computer Aided Design of Climate Responsive Dwelling (Roof) in the Climatic and Technological Contexts of India and Australia.(Technical report)
June 1, 2008... Abstract: This thesis presents the form, development, and application of generation and optimization concepts as a new computer-aided design model for the design of dwelling roofs in warm-humid tropics. Generation is utilized to produce a range...

Construction History: Book Review Essay (1).(Building: 3,000 Years of Design, Engineering and Construction)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... 4585 Building: 3000 Years of Design, Engineering and Construction, by Bill Addis. Phaidon Press, Regents Wharf, All Saints Street, London N1 9PA, UK, 2007. Hardback, 640 pp., illust., index. Price: [pounds sterling]45.00. This...

A Century of Change in Pictures.(Sydney Then and Now)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... 4586 Sydney Then and Now, by Caroline Mackaness and Caroline Butler-Bowdon. Cameron House, an imprint of Bookwise International, 174 Cormack Road, Wingfield South Australia 5013, 2007. Produced by Salamander Books, an imprint of Anova...

Designing a 21st Century Campus.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... 4587 Imagining MIT: Designing a Campus for the Twenty-First Century, by William J. Mitchell. The MIT Press, 55 Hayward St., Cambridge, MA 02412, USA, 2007. 142pp., illus., index. Price US$ 24.95. With the changes that are occurring in...

Corrugated Iron.(Corrugated Iron: Building on the Frontier)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... 4588 This book is about the worldwide use of corrugated iron. The authors are a writer on architecture and an engineer specialising in building conservation. It describes its beginnings in early nineteenth century Britain and its rapid...

The skyscraper and the City.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... 4589 The Skyscraper and the City: Design, Technology, and Innovation, by Lynn S. Beedle, Mir M. Ali, and Paul J. Armstrong. Edwin Mellen Press, PO Box 450 Lewiston NY 14092-0450, 2007. Two volumes, 774 pp., illus. Price US$ 179.95 Hbk. ...

New European Hospitals.(Hospital Architecture)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... 4590 Hospital Architecture, by Christine Nickl-Weller and Hans Nickl (Eds.). Verlagshaus Braun, Rosenthalerstr. 37, D-10178, Berlin, Germany, 2007. 352pp., illus., index. Price [euro]49.90 Technical University of Berlin's Christine...

Vertical Garden.(Vertical Gardens: Bringing the City to Life)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... 4591 Vertical Gardens: Bringing the City to Life, by Anna Lambertin and J Leenhardt. Thames and Hudson, 44 Clockhouse Road, Farnborough Hampshire GUM 7QZ, UK, 2007. 240pp., illus. Price [pound]39.93 As the ecological well-being of...

Richard Roger.(Architecture of the Future: Richard Rogers)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... 4592 Architecture of the Future: Richard Rogers, by Kenneth Powell, ed. Robert Torday. Birkhauser Verlag, PO Box 133, CH-4010 Basel, Switzerland 2006. 520pp., illus., index. Price [euro]39.90 Kenneth Powell is an architectural...

Public Convenience.(Inclusive Urban Design: Public Toilets)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... 4593 Inclusive urban design: public toilets, by Clara Greed. Architectural Press, an imprint of Elsevier, Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford 0X2 8DP, England, 2003. 361 pp., illus., index. Price: $Aus 115.50 pbk. In a previous review,...

Conserving Roman Mosaics.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... 4594 Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa, edited by Aicha Ben Amed. J Paul Getty Museum and Getty Conservation Institute, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles CA 90049-1679, USA, 2006. 188pp., illus., index. Price US$...