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(More customer reviews)COURTYARDS: Aesthetic, Social, and Thermal Delight; by John Reynolds, published November 2001.
Courtyards contains a huge amount of valuable information for building in hot humid and hot dry climates. Not only a "pretty picture book," Courtyards takes the reader through width to depth ratios; height and width proportions; comfort zone enhancement through thermal mass, ventilation, and shading; and much more. In fact, although Courtyards is similarly priced as the book above, I thought it contained 10 times as much valuable information - real information that I could put to immediate use for my projects in the Yucatan. Color and B&W photos and line drawings illustrate the many considerations for hot weather design, yet the book is not overly technical. Nor is it over-simplified, which is the main problem with Tropical Regions.
Tropical Regions remains the only book I've had to return to Amazon - even a year later - with dozens and dozens of books ordered.
GOOD books about tropical housing design are very hard to come by and I'd like to point searchers in the right direction. Since architecture books in general are usually so expensive, finding a useful selection is very important.
Also, I have to echo the writer below. Richard Hyde's book CLIMATE RESPONSIVE DESIGN...for Hot Humid Climates is also very helpful. I felt it was a little more technical and not as colorful as COURTYARDS. Either would be a good place to start your research for tropical housing construction.
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Tropical regions present unique design challenges to architects, and this book is a comprehensive guide to addressing these issues. Topics include the effective use of energy and resources, coping with natural forces such as tropical cyclones, heavy rains, intense humidity, and high temperatures, and accommodating local heritage and tropical lifestyles.
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