Knowles, Ralph L.

Ritual house : drawing on nature's rhythms for architecture and urban design / Ralph L. Knowles. - Washington, DC : Island Press, c2006. - xx, 202 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Sheltering -- Migration -- Transformation -- Metabolism -- Sheltering the soul -- Settings and rituals -- Boundaries and choices -- The solar envelope -- The interstitium -- The new architecture of the sun -- Notes.

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Architecture--Human factors.
Architecture--Environmental aspects.
Architecture and solar radiation.
Solar energy.
City planning.

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