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Better Buildings
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Better Buildings

by Richard Partington, Simon Bradbury
July 2019
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
5h 32m
English
RIBA Publishing
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Essay 5Learning through practice

Mark Lumley, Architype

Architype has developed a consistent approach to design, energy modelling and project management that has produced a series of exemplar schools. Each project within this substantial body of work has built on lessons from its predecessor. The practice has a fundamental belief in the rigorous study of the schools in use, which is helped by a continuing dialogue with contractors, managers, staff and students. This approach, coupled with the exacting demands of the Passivhaus model, is outlined in a critical review of recent work.

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Architype has been developing its own approach ...

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ISBN: 9781000706758