A survey of the impact of innovations in building mechanical services on European & American Modern architecture.
Although widely used as a history of building mechanical services in the late 19th. & early 20th. centuries this was not Banham’s intention; that book has yet to be written.
Architecture of the Well-tempered Environment
Published by The Architectural Press
(1969 ISBN: 0 85139 074 9)
Architecture of the Well-tempered Environment
US edition published by University of Chicago Press
(1969 ISBN: 0-226-03696-0)
Ambiente e Tecnica Nell’Architettura Moderna
Italian translation published by Gius. Laterza & Figli Spa, Roma-Bari
(1978 ISBN: CL 20-1453-X)