Home /

Penguin Books Ltd Architecture :

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Penguin Books Ltd Architecture : From Prehistory To Climate Emergency

A groundbreaking history of architecture told through the relationship between buildings and energyThe story of architecture is the story of humanity.The buildings we live in, from the humblest pre-historic huts to today's skyscrapers, reveal our priorities and ambitions, our family structures and power structures. And to an extent that hasn't been explored until now, architecture has been shaped in every era by our access to energy, from fire to farming to fossil fuels. In this ground-breaking history of world architecture, Barnabas Calder takes us on a dazzling tour of some of the most astonishing buildings of the past fifteen thousand years, from Uruk, via Ancient Rome and Victorian Liverpool, to China's booming megacities.He reveals how every building - from the Parthenon to the Great Mosque of Damascus to a typical Georgian house - was influenced by the energy available to its architects, and why this matters. Today architecture consumes so much energy that 40% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions come from the construction and running of buildings.If we are to avoid catastrophic climate change then now, more than ever, we need beautiful but also intelligent buildings, and to retrofit - not demolish - those that remain.Both a celebration of human ingenuity and a passionate call for greater sustainability, this is a history of architecture for our times.

from

£11.95

Buy now

Availablity: 2 - 4 working days

Free shipping & return for orders over $200

Penguin Books Ltd The Penguin Dictionary Of Architecture And Landscape Architecture

from £13.79

By Continuing to use this site you confirm, your consent to us and our partners collecting data from you, using cookies to serve personalised ads, tailoring content to you and optimising the site itself. You can learn more about the collection and use of your data and to change your preferences at any time by seeing our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

Related products

A Short History of British Architect..., Jenkins, Simon

Penguin Books Ltd Architecture : From Prehistory To Climate Emergency

Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins Book The Cheap Fast Free

Penguin Books Ltd The Edifice Complex : The Architecture Of Power

An Outline of European Architecture (Pelican Books) - Pevsner, Nikolaus.

Penguin Books Ltd The Penguin Dictionary Of Architecture And Landscape Architecture