TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lauber,Wolfgang
AU  - Cheret,Peter
AU  - Ferstl,Klaus
AU  - Ribbeck,Eckhart
TI  - Tropical architecture: sustainable and humane building in Africa, Latin America, and South-East Asia 
SN  - 3791331353 (alk. paper)
U1  - 720.470913 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Munich, New York
PB  - Prestel
KW  - Architecture, Tropical
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 201); An introduction to the world of the tropics.- Defining the climatic zones.- A critical view of present-day building in the tropics.- An analysis of traditional architecture in the tropics.- Fundamentals of climatically appropriate building and relevant design principles.- New approaches to a climatically appropriate and humane architecture in the tropics.- Urban planning in Latin America,Africa and Asia.- Urban planning and housing in East Asia and China.- Towards a new architecture for the Tropics.- Bibliography
ER  -