Skip to product information
1 of 1

Island Press

Ritual House: Drawing on Nature's Rhythms for Architecture and Urban Design (None)

Regular price $7.95 USD
Regular price Sale price $7.95 USD
Sale Sold out
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Title: Ritual House: Drawing on Nature's Rhythms for Architecture and Urban Design (None)
Author: Ralph Knowles
ISBN: 9781597260503
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Architecture & Design 1616041

Publisher Description:
Celebrated architect Ralph Knowles, Distinguished Emeritus at USC's School of Architecture, has carefully crafted a book for architects, designers, planners--anyone who yearns to reconnect to the natural world through the built environment. He shows us how to re-examine a shadow, a wall, a window, a landscape, as they respond to the natural cycles of heat, light, wind, and rain. Analyzing methods of sheltering that range from a Berber tent to a Spanish courtyard to the cityscape of contemporary Los Angeles, Ritual House shows us the future: by coining the concept of solar access zoning, he introduces a radical yet increasingly viable solution for tomorrow's mega-cities.