Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword 8
4. Buildings are Non-isolated, Transient Structures of Dissipation: A Reckoning in the Form of an Introduction 10
5. A History of Heat Transfer in Buildings 54
6. A Material History of Insulation in Modernity 126
7. Physiology, Insulation, Climate, and Pedagogy 188
8. The Architecture of Dissipation 228
9. A Dissipative Epilogue: Breathing Walls 272
10. Conclusion: The Metabolic Rift, Gift & Shift of Architecture’s Necessary Excess 288
11. Acknowledgements 310
12. Illustration Credits 312
13. About the Author 314
14. Index of Persons, Firms, and Institutions 315
15. Index of Buildings and Objects 319