{"product_id":"9781405100045","title":"Buildings, Culture and Environment Informing Local and Global Practices","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBuildings, Culture and Environment\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eInforming Local and Global Practices\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRaymond J. Cole | Richard Lorch\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Engineering \/ Civil \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith accelerating change towards globalisation, the efficacy of design solutions not embedded within regional culture has been prone to failure - technically, socially and economically. Environmental problems and questions surrounding how to achieve a sustainable built environment are now posing urgent challenges to built environment practitioners and researcher. However, international cooperation in setting targets and standards as well as an increasing exchange of environmental information and practices present designers, clients and occupants with new problems that comprise local needs and the built environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book addresses the role regional culture play in the successful (or otherwise) process of exchanging and adapting environmental practices and standards in the built environment. Using the specific case of the design of environmentally sound buildings, the book identifies a number of issues from different perspectives:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe conflict between regionally appropriate environmental building practices within a global technical and economic context.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow human, social and cultural expectations limit technological advances and performance improvements.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTo what extent information on environmentally progressive buildings can be transferred across cultures without compromising regional and local practices.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhich ideas travel successfully between regions – generic principles, specific ideas or specific solutions?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow the idea of regional identity is being redefined as the process of globalisation both widens and accelerates.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRaymond J. Cole\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Architecture at the University of British Columbia, Canada. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Lorch\u003c\/b\u003e is an architect and editor of the international journal, Building Research and Information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 October 2003\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405100045\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e416\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e34.08\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44312256249996,"sku":"9781405100045","price":202.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405100045_f3ff30e0-9076-49a4-b60d-4643919471bf.jpg?v=1780154641","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781405100045","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}