Intelligent Skins [Paperback]

Michael Wigginton (Author), Jude Harris (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 7, 2002

Looking to the future, Intelligent Skins sets out the principles for the design of the intelligent building envelope. It highlights an exciting new approach to the area, where the fabric of the building responds to external changes and internal demands.

The prime objective is to control internal environments through a responsive building fabric rather than by energy consuming building services systems. The authors examine the potential for integral intelligence within the fabric of the building and explore the evolution of information technology and smart materials which have allowed a whole new category of design principles to be created.

* Gain a comprehensive knowledge of the evolution of the 'Intelligent Skin'
* Explores a new approach to Intelligent Buildings, focusing on the fabric of the building responding to external changes and internal demands
* Includes over twenty cutting-edge international case studies

Editorial Reviews

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"Excellent - just the right level for part II"
Greg Keeffe, Senior Lecturer in Architecture, Manchester Metropolitan University

From the Publisher

The prime objective is to control internal environments through a responsive building fabric rather than by energy conserving building services systems. The authors examine the potential for integral intelligence within the fabric of the building and explore the evolution of information technology and smart materials which have allowed a whole new category of design principles to be created.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Architectural Press (March 7, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750648473
• ISBN-13: 978-0750648479
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,367,351 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars great product, February 13, 2008

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book was recommeded to me by amazon and its a great book full of high-rise buildings and the different ways they are utilizing materials to create green buildings. great book and arrived fast and had absolutely no complications

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3.0 out of 5 stars SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTED, March 23, 2006

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Tom Denney "Arch2Bee" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Intelligent Skins (Paperback)

I AM USE TO THE INFORMATION CONVEIED IN THE 'DETAIL' BOOKS AND WAS DISAPPOINTED TO FIND THE DETAILS WERE NOT LABELLED AND IF THEY WERE THERE WAS NO KEY PROVIDED UNLESS THEY WERE IMBEDDED IN THE IMAGE OF THE DETAIL ITSELF. THEY SEEMED TO BE CUT & PASTED FROM SOURCES.

ALSO A BIT EXPENSIVE FOR A SOFTCOVER 'IN DETAIL BUILDING SKINS' IS THE SAME PRICE, MORE INDEPTH, THICKER ...AND PART OF THE DETIAL PUBLICATION SERIES.