{"product_id":"american-building-the-environmental-forces-that-shape-it-9780195110401","title":"American Building: The Environmental Forces That Shape It","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew books have influenced the field of architecture more than American Building: The Environmental Forces That Shape It. Originally published in 1947  it has emerged as a classic work on the relationships among buildings  their inhabitants  and the environment. Now comes the first major revision in over twenty-five years  bringing this essential book completely up to date for a new  more environmentally aware generation of architects and designers. In this superb volume  James Marston Fitch provides a fundamental theory of buildings. \"The ultimate task of architecture \" he writes  \"is to act in favor of human beings: to interpose itself between people and the natural environment in which they find themselves  in such a way as to remove the gross environmental load from their shoulders.\" Fitch systematically examines the various aspects of the environment which buildings control for human habitation--air  temperature  light  and sound  even space  time  and gravity. He draws on scientific research to probe deeply into these problems and he sets out the most practical solutions to these and other issues in clear  precise language. Moreover  his analysis runs to the external environment as well  as he explores the impact of buildings on the outside world. American Building: The Environmental Forces That Shape It broke new ground in the school of thought now known as \"green architecture\"--the philosophy of designing buildings that require a minimum amount of energy and resources to erect and operate. For this new edition  architect William Bobenhausen has included new information on sustainable design and the latest construction technology  up-to-date statistics  case studies  photographs  and illustrations. This revised edition promises to keep this work at the forefront of our thinking about design and the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646964129845,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195110404","price":36.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195110401.jpg?v=1781683671","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/american-building-the-environmental-forces-that-shape-it-9780195110401","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}