19. Climate headlines
Comfort
Keeping warm
Keeping cool - internal
Keeping cool - external
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Stability –above ground
Stability –below ground
Fixings and weatherproofing
Materials behaviour
Work on site
21. Water
Water conservation
Drainage
Flooding
Landscape
22. Modern methods of construction
Deep plan
Lightweight walls
Large glazed openings
Flat roofs
Short life, high maintenance materials
23. Retrofitting comfort
Source: Reyner Banham: The Architecture of the Well-tempered Environment: Kips Bay Apartments, New York, I M Pei 1961
24. “Designing in” comfort
Source: Reyner Banham: The Architecture of the Well-tempered Environment: Lafayette Apartments, Detroit, I Mies vander Rohe 1961