4.455 INTEGRATED BUILDING SYSTEMS
MIT Department of Architecture
Professor Les Norford
lnorford @mit.edu
TA Helen Xing
hxing@mit.edu
CLASS 1.1: READING LIST
Fall 2001
09.05.01 AVT
NO TEXTS ARE REQUIRED. A NUMBER ARE USEFUL AND SOME WILL BE PLACED ON
RESERVE, AS READINGS REQUIRE.
Texts you have used in previous courses in construction, structures, energy, and lighting.
Addis, Bill. 1994. The Art of the Structural Engineer. Artemis London Limited, London.
Allen, E. and J. Iano. 1995. The Architect’s Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary
Design. John Wiley and Sons, New York. Good for rules of thumb for sizing structural elements
and mechanical systems.
Allen, E. 1992. Architectural Detailing: Function, Constructibility, Aesthetics. John Wiley and Sons,
New York.
Allen, E. 1990. Fundamental of Building Construction. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Ambrose, J. E. 1998. Building Structures. John Wiley and Sons, New York. Ambrose has written
a number of other texts on concrete, steel and wood structures.
Billington, David P. 1983. The Tower and the Bridge. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New
Jersey. Epilogue, The Idea of Structure as Art, pages 266-274
Buttiker, U. 1994. Louis I. Kahn Light and Space. Whitney Library of Design, New York.
Daniels, K. 1997 (Eng. trans.) The Technology of Ecological Building. Birkhauser Verlag, Basel.
Daniels, K. 1998. (Eng. trans.) Low-Tech Light-Tech High-Tech Building in the Information Age.
Birkhauser Verlag, Basel.
Egan, M.D. and V. Olgyay. 2002. Architectural Lighting. McGraw-Hill, New York.
Gast, K-P. 1998. Louis I. Kahn The Idea of Order. Birkhauser, Basel.
Herzog, T. ed. 1996. Solar Energy in Architecture and Urban Planning. Prestel, Munich.
Kahn, L. I. 1978. Light is the Theme. Kimball Art Foundation, Ft. Worth, TX.
Lam, W.M.C. 1977. Perception and Lighting as Formgivers for Architecture. Mc-Graw-Hill, New
York.
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Lam, W.M.C. 1986. Sunlighting as Formgiver for Architecture. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
Lechner, N. 1991. Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Design Methods for Architects John Wiley and Sons,
New York. More climate data and passive conditioning strategies.
Lobell, J. 1985. Between Silence and Light: Spirit in the Architecture of Louis Kahn. Shambala,
Boston.
Monk, T. 1999. The Art and Architecture of Paul Rudolph. Wiley-Academy, West Sussex, UK.
Moore, Fuller. 1993. Environmental Control Systems. McGraw-Hill. One reasonable source of
basic climate data. Will be placed on reserve.
Reid, Esmond. 1995. Understanding Buildings. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Rice, P. 1998. An Engineer Imagines. Ellipsis, London.
Robbin, Tony. 1996. Engineering a New Architecture. Yale University Press, New Haven and
London.
Rush, R. 1986. The Building Systems Integration Handbook. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
One thorough approach to integration. This book will be placed on reserve in Rotch.
Scott, A. M., ed. 1998. Dimensions of Sustainability. E & FN Spon, London.
Schodek, D. 1997. Structures. Prentice Hall, NJ.
Tzonis, A. 1999. Santiago Calatrava The Poetics of Movement. Universe, New York.
Walker, D. and B. Addis. 1997. Happold The Confidence to Build. PJ Reproductions, London.
Yeang, K. 1995. Designing with Nature: the Ecological Basis for Architectural Design. McGrawHill, New York.
Yeang, K. 1996. The Skyscraper Bioclimatically Considered. Academy Editions, London.
Yeang, K. 1999. The Green Skyscraper. Prestel Verlag, Munich.
Zalewski, W. and E. Allen. 1998. Shaping Structures: Statics. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
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