Título: Climate and architecture : with special reference to Montreal and surroundings.
Autores: Aronin, Jeffrey Ellis.
Fecha: 1951
Publicador: McGill University - MCGILL
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Tipo: Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Tema: Architecture.
Architecture and climate.
Architecture and climate -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal.
Descripción: Actually, the architect has been a climatologist much longer than being an expert or the other disciplines above. Very rarely does one see mention made of this role of the architect. Little training in this line is given the university student. This, therefore, is the object of this thesis: To acquaint architects and architectural students, particularly those in the Montreal area, with the demands and phenomena of the large and small scale climate, known respectively as the macroclimate and microclimate; and to inform them how to apply this knowledge to the design and orientation of buildings and towns. It is not the object to discuss the use of different materials, and their weathering qualities, except in a general sense. [...]
Idioma: en