Atria: Past, Present and Future

Thông tin sách: Atria: Past, Present and Future (Hardcover, 224 trang) – Routledge, 2016. Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh.

This new book on Atria provides a comprehensive design reference book introducing readers to the atrium concept and its historical development. It examines contemporary atria through their key uses in different building typologies.The text is enriched by photographs and conventional and analytical drawings and diagrams. The final section will discuss future implications of this typology and predicts its evolution in the 21st century.

Written with a global scope, the book will include in-depth case studies from all over the world, including:

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Atria’s five predominant functions are examined through a range of building types – office, educational, healthcare, retail, museums and mixed use buildings. The book charts the development of the atrium concept over the past two decades, particularly in the contemporary built environment context of mixed use buildings and high density urban living. The rise of atria in Asia and the Middle East and the use of passive environmental strategies, technological innovations and building simulations and their implications on iterative design processes are also discussed in depth.

This is esential reading for any architect designing atria.