This volume deals with the various types of the courtyard house, which utilizes the courtyard as an intimate outdoor living space. A presentation of the courtyard as a building block of the city is followed by coverage of the complete spectrum of types-cluster, network, carpet, terraces, etc.
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ISBN
9783038214014
Publisert
2007-01-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Birkhauser Verlag AG
Aldersnivå
06, P, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Biographical note

Gunter Pfeifer is a professor of design and residential building at the Technische Universitat Darmstadt (Darmstadt University of Technology). As a practicing architect he has worked with Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando, Alvaro Siza, and others. He taught design and building construction for ten years and is active today in the intelligent, energy-saving, sustainable development of existing building types. Dipl.-Ing. Per Brauneck is a teacher and researcher at the Technische Universitat Darmstadt (Darmstadt University of Technology). Together they have already published the book Exposed Concrete: Technology and Design (Birkhauser Verlag).