by Ralph Knowles
Island Press, 2006
Paper: 978-1-59726-051-0 | eISBN: 978-1-59726-623-9 | Cloth: 978-1-59726-050-3
Library of Congress Classification NA2542.4.K58 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 720.47

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Celebrated architect Ralph Knowles, Distinguished Emeritus at USC’s School of Architecture, has carefully crafted a book for architects, designers, planners—anyone who yearns to reconnect to the natural world through the built environment. He shows us how to re-examine a shadow, a wall, a window, a landscape, as they respond to the natural cycles of heat, light, wind, and rain. Analyzing methods of sheltering that range from a Berber tent to a Spanish courtyard to the cityscape of contemporary Los Angeles, Ritual House shows us the future: by coining the concept of solar access zoning, he introduces a radical yet increasingly viable solution for tomorrow’s mega-cities.



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