Drawing for architectureLéon Krier
Drawing for architecture
by Léon Krier · first published 2009
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…air up into the attic, which cools the first and second floors. Then read The Timeless Way of Building and perhaps A Pattern Language Then Get Your House Right, or a condensed (...in a way) version is Drawing for Architecture by Krier. Hmm there are probably others I cannot recall right now, but those are a great start.
on “Passivhaus Detailing and Design” ↗An interesting question to ask is why do we always seem to grow by increasing density rather than establishing new small towns? Leon Krier's Drawing For Architecture contrasts over-expansion both with excessive density and excessive sprawl and by duplication. It seems to me that if it were legal to do so there are plenty of tiny towns that could grow to the size…
on “To ease the housing crunch, more places end single-family zoning” ↗