Lloyd Alter is Design Editor for Treehugger and teaches Sustainable Design at Ryerson University in Toronto. A hundred years ago, a house in Florida looked different than a house in New England. The ...
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Architecture, Media, and Climate -- Part I: The Globalization of the International Style -- Obstacles -- Risks ...
Examine the architectural evolution of Hong Kong as air conditioning shifts design incentives and alters thermal comfort ...
Summers in the city see us reaching out to a lot of things: mangoes, ice creams, and air conditioners (AC). The latter is more a necessity now and it does not end with just making the purchase. ACs ...
Editor’s note: Welcome to the 45th installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary. We’re excited to publish their tale of buying and renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first ...
Modern Architecture and Climate explores how leading architects of the twentieth century incorporated climate-mediating strategies into their designs, and shows how regional approaches to climate ...