Ornament and function

The architects and builders in the past lacked our knowledge concerning fluid dynamics, but they exhibited a deep rooted ability to observe and reflect - thus, different cultures have developed by trial and error. The authors have produced a stimulating analysis which couples the science of fluid dynamics and a sensitive understanding of past cultures. The paper is recommended reading.     

高层结构几何非线性分析的QR法

本文利用ＱＲ法分析高层建筑结构几何非线性问题，建立了新的计算格式。该法不仅未知量的数目少，精度高，而且输入简单，计算速度快，可以用微机分析复杂问题。     

Health and Indoor Climate Complaints of 7043 office Workers in 61 Buildings in the Netherlands

During the winter of 1988/1989, the relationships between the prevalence of work-related health and indoor climate complaints and a number of building, management, workplace and personal characteristics have been investigated in a study in more than 60 office buildings located throughout the Netherlands. To collect the information, a questionnaire was prepared on health and indoor climate complaints and personal and workplace characteristics. A checklist was used to obtain information on building characteristics More than 7000 questionnaires were completed by the regular users of the buildings investigated. The results showed that the prevalence of symptoms was higher in air-conditioned buildings than in naturally or mechanically ventilated buildings. some other variables were also related with most work-related complaints after adjustment for selected management, personal, workplace and job characteristics. These included gender, work satisfaction in general, presence of allergies and/or respiratory symptoms, and personal control over temperature at the workplace. No differences were found in symptom prevalences between buildings with spray and steam humidification. The combination of air-conditioning and humidification did not lead to further increases in the prevalence of complaints as compared to buildings with only airconditioning or only humidification.     

正确运用规范把设计质量提升到一个新的高度

就民用建筑设计部门设计图纸质量抽查中出现的问题，进行了剖析并提出了注意事项。     

饭店的绿色建筑设计初探

事实上，许多饭店存在的许多环境问题都是由于饭店的“先天不足”造成的。因此，饭店绿色建筑设计是创建绿色饭店的根本环节。文章对绿色建筑设计的基本原则和内容作了初步的探讨。     

Photovoltaic-integrated building facades

Photovoltaic (PV) cells, when integrated within a building facade, offer the possibility of generating electric power and heat for local use or export. This paper reports on a project to investigate the practical operational efficiencies that might be delivered from such facades. The results from laboratory experiments and computer simulations are presented: the former were used to develop an empirical relationship between cell temperature and power output; the latter were undertaken to assess operational efficiencies under a range of climate conditions representative of the UK.     

Service life planning and performance requirements

Service life planning comprises a model for the determination of a reasonable expected service life for buildings and components, and it establishes a routine for the assessment of design alternatives. A design option is considered reasonable when it meets or exceeds performance requirements over time that have been drawn up specifically for the specific project. Due to this assessment reference, there is a very evident link to the concept of performance-based building. Any stakeholder involved in the value chain or in the design process of the building, as well as regulators and building users, can express performance requirements. Identified requirements, both in relevance and in quality, will vary with the stakeholder and his/her perspective of interest. As building sector manufacturers develop most products with reference to standards rather than with reference to specific requirements, there is no direct link from user requirements to the product design. Instead, the building designer has the responsibility to ensure performance requirements are met by the performance of products integrated into the design. As these design decisions also have to be made at the material and component level, a performance-based building would benefit from an established rationale that enables the communication of performance requirements across the relevant system levels in the relevant design processes. A path for the connection of the established concepts of service life planning and performance-based building is presented. The aim is to identify key elements that need to be developed for the successful linkage of performance-based building with service life planning.     

高层建筑擦窗机的选型与建筑设计要求

论述了擦窗机产品的发展现状与安装的必要性；在擦窗机产品的分类与选型考虑因素的基础上，对目前我国擦窗机的型式及其配置做了比较系统的介绍；最后还简单列举了几种擦窗机的布置方式。对高层建筑在建筑设计时就考虑擦窗机的安装型式，结构设计的承载要求等，提供了较为实用的参考。     

QFD质量职能扩展简介

介绍ＱＦＤ（质量职能扩展）的发展历史及其具体的操作过程。     

基于特征线匹配的城市建筑物识别方法研究

随着手机GPS位置测定、导航以及摄像功能的普及,对于移动状态下的位置定位以及都市空间建筑物实时搜索等应用功能存在日益增长的需求。介绍了图像处理方式的城市建筑物识别方法,通过对两种图像匹配算法--SIFT和Local Search的比较分析表明,构造物轮廓线及其组合是一种相对稳定的几何特征,在匹配时受图像的仿射变换、画质变化以及镜头畸变等因素干扰较小,此外,基于轮廓的图像匹配指数还能反映摄影位置的变化。因此,对Local Search进行了改进,利用实时图的建筑物的特征轮廓线与从三维数据库中提取的建筑群特征轮廓线进行匹配,然后选择匹配指数高的记录作为识别结果。结果表明基于Local Search算法的建筑物识别技术可以很好地适应移动条件下建筑物快速识别的要求。