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Please let me disagree. It is a beautiful book, but really boring and repetitive. Never finished it. I'll resume it for you all: "Buildings change over time to
by neves 10y ago
Please let me disagree. It is a beautiful book, but really boring and repetitive. Never finished it. I'll resume it for you all: "Buildings change over time to adapt for their owners livestyle."
The really good part is the author bashing renowned architects that build prize winning buildings that leak.
- swanson 10y agoI've never read the book so you aren't disagreeing :) Sounds like the video series might be the way to go if the book is too repetitive
- andyjohnson0 10y ago> I'll resume it for you all: "Buildings change over time to adapt for their owners livestyle." An important concept in the book is "shearing layers" [1]: different parts of a building change at different rates due to differential pressures. E.g. walls change faster than foundations. Its a few years since I last read it, but fwiw I found the book insightful and not at all boring. Each to their own though. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shearing_layers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shearing_layers