Table of Contents
Contributors. Preface - Sir Alan Muir Wood. Introduction - William Allen. Population growth and housing - M Chisholm. Housing after 2000 AD: the likely effects of political, social and economic change - R Best. The envelope of the house in temperate climates - M Fordham. Design considerations for exterior envelopes of buildings in cold climate regions beyond 2000 - L T Hendricks and P H Huelman. Housing as an evolutionary process: planning and design implications - F C D Vigier. The home of tomorrow: communication and control - P Chemillier. Housing and advanced technology: towards a total housing system - N Kashino. Technologies for development - R Spence. Barriers to effecting change in housing - J P Eberhard. Summary of presentations - R Bender. Index. Contributors: Dr W A Allen, Bickerdike Allen Partners, London, UK; Professor R Bender, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, USA; R Best, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, UK; P Chemillier, President, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment, Paris, France; Professor M Chisholm, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK; Professor J P Eberhard, Chairman, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Professor M Fordham, Consulting Engineer, London, UK; Professor L T Hendricks, Extension Specialist Forest Products, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA; Professor P H Huelman, Associate Professor and Coordinator, Cold Climate Housing Center, Minnesota Extension Service, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA; Dr N Kashino, Building Research Institute, Ministry of Construction, Tokyo, Japan; Dr R Spence, The Martin Centre Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, UK; Professor F C D Vigier, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning, Director, Unit for Housing and Urbanization, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA