Smart Architecture

by Joyce Markovics

Overview

"Smart architecture includes buildings that use advanced technology. This book showcases cutting-edge smart buildings-from apartments and houses to offices and factories-and the architects who built them! A table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, design activity, and sidebars are included in this title"--

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781668919866
Publisher:	Cherry Lake Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2023
Series:	Building Big
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,135,835
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	900L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 11 Years

Editorial Reviews

04/01/2023

Gr 4–6—Researchers and architecture enthusiasts alike will find their needs met with this thorough series. Not only are the books full of beautiful photography and informational diagrams but they also include important terminology that helps distinguish one architectural style from the next. Classical architecture leans heavily on ornate details and symmetry, while modern architecture's clean lines fuse function with the beautiful simplicity of geometry. Green Architecture and Smart Architecture both focus on sustainability, with the latter including buildings with automated features as well. Industrial Architecture mentions the Industrial Revolution and does include some factories with sustainable or reworked architecture, but almost nothing about the environmental impact of factories. While Ancient Architecture adeptly describes how difficult it was for pre-modern civilizations to build elaborate structures, the unethical methods most early archaeologists used to raid and ruin these structures is downplayed to the detriment of readers. The books are otherwise well-written and researched. VERDICT The too-rosy view requires selectors to pick and choose through this otherwise well-done series.

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