Tropical sustainable architecture : social and environmental dimensions /

Bay, Joo-Hwa,

Tropical sustainable architecture : social and environmental dimensions / Joo-Hwa Bay and Boon Lay Ong. - xviii, 292 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm

Selected conference papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social and environmental dimensions in tropical sustainable architecture : introductory comments / Rethinking design methodology for sustainable social quality / The selective environment : environmental design and cultural identity / Green design in the hot humid tropical zone / Socio-environmental dimensions in tropical semi-open spaces of high-rise housing in Singapore / BEAMs and architectural design in Singapore public housing / Policy and evaluation system for green building in subtropical Taiwan / In search of a habitable urban space-built ratio : a case study of building and planning regulation in Dhaka City / Designing high density cities - parametric studies of urban morphologies and their implied environmental performance / The urban heat island effect in Singapore / Tropical urban street canyons / Tropical and traditional : inventing a new housing model for the old 36 streets quarter in Hanoi, Vietnam / ECOPET 21 : an innovative sustainable building system for ecological communities in tropical regions / Is sustainability sustainable? : interrogating the tropical paradigm in Asian architecture / Joo-Hwa Bay and Boon-Lay Ong -- Alexander Tzonis -- Dean Hawkes -- Ken Yeang -- Joo-Hwa Bay, Na Wang, Qian Liang and Ping Kong -- Boon-Lay Ong and Chi-Nguyen Cam -- Hsien-Te Lin -- Q. M. Mahtab-uz-Zaman, Fuad H. Mallick, A. Q. M. Abdullah and Jalal Ahmad -- Edward Ng, Tak-Yan Chan, Vicky Cheng, Nyuk Hien Wong and Meiqi Han -- Wong Nyuk-Hien and Chen Yu -- Elias Salleh -- Shoichi Ota -- Jose Roberto Garcia Chavez -- Anoma Pieris. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

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Architecture, Tropical--Congresses
Sustainable architecture--Congresses
Architecture--Environmental aspects--Tropics--Congresses
Architecture and society--Tropics--Congresses

NA2542.T7 / T767 2006

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