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Vernacular architecture and Energy efficiency
Vernacular architecture has been loosing ground over the last couple of centuries, as modern methods prevail. This is unfortunate since many of the old ways employ natural materials and simple concepts that are energy efficient
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Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, Chicago 2008
/ Restoring the past, building the future: The Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference is a uniqueopportunity for architects, planners,...
19.08.2008
Green Building Symposium at University of Miami School of Architecture January 25-27, 2007
/ How can green building intersect with the traditions of vernacular architecture and sustainable urbanism?www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/1,1...
19.08.2008
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passive house in netherlands
/ passive house in netherlands.www.passiefhuis.nl...
08.03.2011
passive house in UK
/ passive house in UK.www.passivhaus.org.uk...
08.03.2011
ig passiv haus
/ about passive buildings in Switzerland.www.igpassivhaus.ch...
08.03.2011
Caneiras
/ The village of Caneira had its origin in the middle the séc.XIX it was designed by the hand of fishermen from Vieira de Leiria, seeking the ...
07.03.2011
GREEN TOWERS FOR NEW YORK: From Visionary to Vernacular,
/ The GREEN TEAMS Web Archive joins the online version of GREEN TOWERS FOR NEW YORK: From Visionary to Vernacular, an exhibition docume...
19.08.2008
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Climatic design & low carbon city regarding the traditional experiences
/ Climatic design & low carbon city regarding the traditional experiencesClimatic design means the adaptation of building with the climate...
10.01.2011
Fractals in the New Architecture
/ Great buildings of the past, and the vernacular (folk) architectures from all around the world, have essential mathematical similarities1732...
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A New Range of Opportunities
/ Historically buildings were often positioned close together to provide shade to the streets and to each other. The building envelopes would ...
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Grits, Glass & Steel: Frank Harmon To Address Alabama, Tennessee AIA Conventions
/ “I am not interested in vernacular to be sentimental,” he told Dwell.“I am interested in what it can teach us. All vernacular architectureis...
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Bioclimatic interpretation over vernacular houses from Historical city Basrah
/ Basrah’s climate is hot, dry summer, mild to cold winter, and a pleasant spring and fall. The old builders from this region putted a big eff...
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Architects Can Look to Future through Vernacular Design Practices
/ Green architecture that utilizes passive and active systems to reduce abuilding’s carbon footprint has become vogue in the last couple ofyea...
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Governance lessons from green niches: the case of eco-housing
/ Learning from vernacular housingInterest in the process of building, in self-build, and concern for material sustainability, has led some gr...
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green architecture is not about solar panels
/ good architecture respects climate andregion, and this is why vernacular architecture is inherentlysustainable: it makes use of what is avai...
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/ A green roof can be much more than just a lawn on a building, and theconcept is much older than many people realize. Creative green roofdesi...
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/ A benefit of implementing alternatives of vernacular architcture is economic, since there are immediatesavings associated with building repa...
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/ The demonstrative project of new green Yaodong cave dwellings.www.nsfc.gov.cn/Portal0/InfoModule_480/24253.htm...
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