TY - BOOK AU - Broadbent,Geoffrey AU - Brebbia,C.A. ED - International Conference on Harmonisation Between Architecture and Nature TI - Eco-architecture: harmonisation between architecture and nature T2 - WIT transactions on the built environment, SN - 184564171X U1 - 720.47 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Southampton PB - WIT KW - Architecture KW - Environmental aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cultural responses to primitive needs; N. Baker --; Ecological propriety and architecture; V. A. Metallinou --; Architecture and nature at the end of the 20th century : towards a dialogical approach for sustainable design in architecture; F. J. Soria Lopez --; The keyword is quality not ecology; A. van Hal --; In-between architecture and landscape, from theory to practice; B. Ott --; Ecological, modular and affordable housing; J. Quale --; Flexi-living : adaptable property, adaptable housing, transforming lives; I. MacBurnie --; The study of restoring an eco-habitat of the traditional Paiwan tribe in Taiwan; C.-J. Chen --; Urban planning and the quality of life in Putrajaya, Malaysia; D. Bt Omar --; Evaluating the sophistication of vernacular architecture to adjust to the climate; E. Tsianaka --; Examining line as a heuristic device in the design ethos of Alvar Aalto; P. Harwood --; Historical influences of wind and water in selecting settlement sites; P. Kilby --; Unity, simplicity and balance : sustainable management of cultural historic environments of mountain summer farming; G. Swensen --; A tale of two city halls : icons for sustainability in London and Seattle; D. Armpriest and B. Haglund --; Poetic water images in architecture; U. Kirschner --; The 2005 solar D house; M. Garrison --; Fractal geometry and architecture : some interesting connections; N. Sala --; Symbols, metaphors, analogues : seeding, modelling and achieving sustainable design; R. J. Koester --; A methodology for sustainable design analysis of large scale buildings; R. Richarde and R. Ibrahim --; Developing designs in balance with nature; A. J. Anselm --; Outdoor residential landscape design in an arid natural conservation area : Bahia de Los Angeles, Mexico; R. Rojas-Caldelas, G. Bojorquez-Morales, A. Luna-Leon, E. Corona-Zambrano and J. Ochoa-Corrales --; The house by the lake; C. A. Brebbia and J. Gorst --; Indicators for the ecological planning of buildings; C. Seyler, C. Stoy, I. Lutzelschwab and S. Kytzia --; Sustainable building design in Australia; C. McCabe --; Design and construction : changing the role; P. Rossi --; Natural materiality - the people's choice; F. Stevenson --; Environmental impact of materials used in technical equipments : an overview on different methods; L. Marletta, G. Evola and F. Sicurella --; Designing for longevity; V. Straka --; Natural building systems : experiments in urban ecology; K. Connors --; Promoting sustainability of earth constructed private and public buildings in South Africa; G. Bosman --; Heteronomy and (un)sustainability of essential technical infrastructures; A. van Timmeren --; Eco-design of technological systems in buildings; L. Marletta, G. Evola and F. Sicurella --; Sound barriers to enable open windows and integration in landscape; G. Rosenhouse --; Practicing what we preach; M. Lawton --; Guidelines for sizing roof windows; S. Robertson and M. Thompson --; Building defects : survey and impact over sustainability; E. Costanzo --; Cob seismic rehabilitation; G. Scudo and A. Drei --; Rainwater harvesting in Brazil : investigating the viability of rainwater harvesting for a household in Brasilia; D. Sant'Ana --; Reliability of rainwater harvesting; J. W. Male and M. S. Kennedy --; User experiences with decentralised water systems in an ecological residential area; A. A. E. Luising ER -