The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems

Chapter 19Overview, issues and trends

 

 

Overall, one cannot fail to be impressed by the elegance of all of the buildings described in Chapters 4–18. They represent a wide spectrum of building types, from various kinds of headquarters buildings and administrative centres, through a couple each of tertiary education and research facilities, to a speculative office/retail development, an exhibition hall and a library. They range in size from 2500 to ∼40000m², and while most are less than five storeys in height, the others (Red Centre, Eastgate Centre, Menara UMNO) form a progression up to the 34-storey RWE Headquarters. The climatic zones covered by these buildings are reasonably extensive, from the cold temperate of continental Europe with wintertime ...