Buildings Culture and Environment – Informing local and global practices

Preface.
<p>Contributors.</p>
<p>1. Introduction: Knowledge, Values and Building Design (Raymond J. Cole and Richard Lorch).</p>
<p>SECTION I: UNDERSTANDING CONTEXT.</p>
<p>2. Section Introduction: Understanding Context (Ian Cooper).</p>
<p>3. Globalisation – Entangled Places, Interface Buildings, Generic Design (Rob Shields).</p>
<p>4. Trading Places – Sharing Knowledge About Environmental Building Techniques (David M. Gann).</p>
<p>5. Green Buildings – Reconciling Technological Change and Occupant Expectations (Raymond J. Cole).</p>
<p>6. Cultural Issues for a Sustainable Built Environment (Niklaus Kohler).</p>
<p>7. Section Commentary: What is the Problem (Ian Cooper).</p>
<p>SECTION II: UNDERSTANDING EXPECTATIONS.</p>
<p>8. Section Introduction: Understanding Expectations (Nick V. Baker).</p>
<p>9. The Role of the Client in Shaping the Satisfactory Outcome of the Construction Process (George Seaden).</p>
<p>10. User Needs and Expectations (Adrian Leaman).</p>
<p>11. Historical and Cultural Influences on Comfort Expectations (Gail S. Brager and Richard J. de Dear).</p>
<p>12. BEQUEST – An International Cross–Cultural Cooperation and Information Exchange (Steve Curwell).</p>
<p>13. Section Commentary: Reconciling Expectations (Nick V. Baker).</p>
<p>SECTION III: UNDERSTANDING PROCESS.</p>
<p>14. Section Introduction: Understanding Process (Jeffrey Cook).</p>
<p>15. Technology Transfer – A Vernacular View (Paul Oliver).</p>
<p>16. Social and Organisational Understanding of Stakeholder Interests (Pascale Michaud).</p>
<p>17. Contemporary Chinese Architectural and Planning Practice – Aspirations and Challenges (Joe Carter).</p>
<p>18. A Bio–Regional Approach to Environmental Building – A Case Study of the KST House (David H. Cohen, Akira Yamaguchi and John D. Spengler).</p>
<p>19. Cultural Aspects of Environmental Housing in Japan (Kazuo Iwamura).</p>
<p>20. Section Commentary: Understanding Delivery Processes (Jeffrey Cook).</p>
<p>SECTION IV. AFTERWORD.</p>
<p>21. Afterword: Towards a New Social Contract (Steve Curwell).</p>
<p>Index.</p>