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Author Banham, Reyner.

Title The architecture of the well-tempered environment / Reyner Banham
Edition Second edition
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1984

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  720.108 Ban/Aot 1984  AVAILABLE
 WATERFT ART&ARCH  720.108 Ban/Aot 1984  AVAILABLE
Description 319 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: 1. Unwarrented apology -- 2. Environmental management -- 3. A dark satanic century -- 4. The kit of parts: heat and light -- 5. Environments of large buildings -- 6. The well-tempered home -- 7. The environment of the machine aesthetic -- 8. Machines ̀‰habiter -- 9. Towards full control -- 10. Concealed power -- 11. Exposed power -- 12. A range of methods -- 13. A breath of intelligence -- Readings in environmental technology -- Photo credits -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Buildings -- Environmental engineering.
LC no. 84000156
ISBN 0226036979
0226036987 (paperback)