Architectural Science Review articles from March 2008

Architectural Science Review archives from March 2008

Introducing the new Associate Editor for Environmental Sustainability and the new ASR Book Review Editor.(Editorial)
March 1, 2008... In this, the first issue of 2008, the 51st year of continuous publication of the Architectural Science Review, I am pleased to introduce two new senior editorial members of the team. First, I would like to introduce the new Associate Editor...

Building grading systems: a review of the state-of-the-art.(Invited Review Paper)(Report)
March 1, 2008... Introduction The concept of energy efficiency in building grading systems came into existence in the 1990s when sustainability and high performance issues became major concerns not only to researchers and designers, but also to owners and...

Infection risk of indoor airborne transmission of diseases in multiple spaces.(Report)
March 1, 2008... Introduction It is crucial to recognize the probability of infection in an infectious case and then take action against the dispersion of airborne diseases in hospitals and other building types. The Wells-Riley equation (Nardell, Keegan,...

The acoustical characteristics of the Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara, Turkey.(Report)
March 1, 2008... Introduction The mosque as an important building type of Muslim architecture has evolved to meet Islamic needs. A variety of different worship activities happen within these multifunctional public spaces; these different uses have...

Comparison of the summer thermal performance of three test buildings with that predicted by the admittance procedure.(Report)
March 1, 2008... Introduction There is a vast body of knowledge relating to the thermal performance of buildings. One only has to read the paper by Rees, Davies, Spitler and Haves (2000), "Qualitative comparison of North American and UK cooling load...

Determination of energy losses in lighting in terms of good vision efficiency.(Report)
March 1, 2008... Introduction Efficient energy use is important not only to use energy sources thriftily and decrease energy costs but also to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. A considerable quantity of the energy consumed in lighting gets lost without...

Different stakeholder perceptions of sustainability assessment.(Report)
March 1, 2008... Introduction Measuring sustainability for buildings and the built environment has provided explanatory tools to translate sustainable development (SD) into practical terms. Further, to provide a sense of direction for decision makers,...

Bandung thermal comfort study: assessing the applicability of an adaptive model in Indonesia.(Report)
March 1, 2008... Introduction A thermal comfort study was conducted in October 2005 to find out the neutral temperature and comfort range of university student respondents at the School of Architecture, Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) in Bandung,...

Residential lifetime exposure risk of formaldehyde in residential buildings in Hong Kong.(Report)
March 1, 2008... Introduction Exposure to indoor air pollutants is increasing as people are spending more time indoors. In Hong Kong, people may spend over 50% of their time in homes (Tu, 2005). There has been a growing concern in the past decade over...

The new upper-middle class residential experience: a case study of apartment flats in Jordan using the logics of Burden, Hillier and Hanson.(Case study)
March 1, 2008... Introduction Thirty years ago collective housing was regarded as unacceptable for the upper-middle classes in Amman, as it was equated with people of a low social standing and with a low income (Dougherty & Watt, 2006). A family's social...

Inclusive design and the new home market: the West Australian situation.(Research Note)(Report)
March 1, 2008... Introduction The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Research Agenda for 2007 (AHURI, 2006) states that Australia's ageing population is one of the most significant policy challenges of the 21st century. The agenda refers to...

Recent doctoral dissertations and theses.(Report)
March 1, 2008... Fire Spreading of Materials and Its Contribution to Compartment Fire Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Building Services Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China Supervisor:...

Children and cities.(Growing Up in an Urbanising World)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... 4570 Growing Up in an Urbanising World, edited by Louise Chawla. UNESCO Publishing and Earthscan Publications, 7 place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris, France, 2002. 254 pp., illus., index. Price: USS 54,95 Pbk. The famous architect and...

Programming, Design and Evaluation of Buildings.(Architecture in Use: An Introduction to the Programming, Design and Evaluation of Buildings)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... 4571 Architecture in Use: An Introduction to the Programming, Design and Evaluation of Buildings, by Theo J M van der Voordt and Herman BR van Wegen. Architectural Press, an imprint of Elsevier, Linacre House, Jordon Hillus, Oxford, OX2...

Ove Arup.(Ove Arup: Master Builder of the 20th Century)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... 4572 Ove Arup: Master Builder of the 20th Century, by Peter Jones. Yale University Press, PO Box 2060090 New Haven, CT 06520-9040, USA, 2006 364p, illus., index. Price: US$40.00, [pounds sterling] 25.00. Richard Rogers, the British...

Environmentally sustainable house design.(Ecohouse: A Design Guide, 3rd ed.)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... 4573 Ecohouse: A Design Guide, Third Edition, by Sue Roaf, Manuel Fuentes and Stephanie Thomas. Elsevier Ltd., Linacre House, Jordan Hillus, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK, 2007. 479 pp. illus., index. Price: AU$89.00 The third edition of Ecohouse...

Smart Materials.(Smart Materials in Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Design )(Book review)
March 1, 2008... 4574 Smart Materials in Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Design by Axel Ritter. Birkhauser-Verlag AG, PO Box 133, Basel CH-4010, Switzerland 2007, 191 pp, illus. Price [euro] 69.90. This book presents different types of 'smart...

Architecture, Technology and Environment.(The Third Skin: Architecture, Technology and Environment)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... 4575 The Third Skin: Architecture, Technology and Environment, by Scott Drake, UNSW Press, The University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia, 2007. 224 pp, illus., index. Price AU$59.95 Pbk. The Third Skin provides an introduction...

Design of architecture schools.(Designing for Designers: Lessons Learned from Schools of Architecture)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... 4576 Designing for Designers: Lessons Learned from Schools of Architecture, by Jack L Nasar, Wolfgang Preiser and Thomas Fisher. Fairchild Publications Inc, New York NY, 2007 301 pp., illus., index. Price: US$38.00 Pbk. Ask an...

Essays on 'green' housing.(The Green Braid: Towards an Architecture of Ecology, Economy, and Equity)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... 4577 The Green Braid: Towards an Architecture of Ecology, Economy, and Equity, ed. by Kim Tanzer and Rafael Lonogria. Routledge, 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon OX14 4RN, United Kingdom 2007. 374 pp., illus., index. Price [pounds...

Interiors of all kinds.(Contemporary World Interiors)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... 4578 Contemporary World Interiors, by Susan Yelavich. Phaidon Press Ltd, Regents Wharf, All Saints Street, London NI 9PA, England, 2007. 507 pp, illus., index. Price AU$120.00. Susan Yelavich's recently published overview of...

Information technologies in construction.(Rethinking IT in Construction and Engineering: Organisational Readiness)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... 4579 Rethinking IT in Construction and Engineering: Organisational Readiness, by Mustafa Alshawi. Taylor & Francis, 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN, UK, 2007. 262 pp., illus., index, [pounds sterling] 55.00 ...

Energy analysis, policies, production and end use.(Introduction to Energy Analysis)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... 4580 Introduction to Energy Analysis, edited by Kornelis Blok. Techne Press, A msterdam, The Netherlands, 2007, 256 pp, diagrams, [euro] 45.00. The editor of this book, Professor Kornelis Blok works at the Copernicus Institute for...

Green Neighborhoods.
March 1, 2008... 4581 Sustainable Residential Development Planning and Design for Green Neighborhoods by Avi Friedman. McGraw-Hill., P.O. Box 182604, Columbus, OH 43272, USA, 2007. 272 pp. Price US$59.95 Pbk. Avi Friedman combines personal experience...

Essays on landscape and environment.(Landscape and Sustainability)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... 4582 Landscape and Sustainability, ed. John F Benson and Maggie Roe. Routledge, 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA, 2007. 336 pp, illus., index. Price [pounds sterling] 65.00 Hbk. 'Sustainable development' and 'landscape...

Modernism and the city.(From Cause to Style: Modernist Architecture's Encounter with the American City)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... 4583 From Cause to Style: Modernist Architecture's Encounter with the American City by Nathan Glazer. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA, 2007 300 pp, index. Price US$24.95. Nathan Glazer traces the trajectory of a...

The three amigos--SOM.(Skidmore, Owings & Merril: SOM since 1936)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... 4584 Skidmore, Owings & Merril: SOM since 1936, by Nicholas Adams. Electa Architecture Publishers, Milan, Italy, 2006. 338 pp., 130 full-page photographic plates. Price [euro] 69.95. In the late summer of 1935, two young couples...