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Traditional architectural styles use largely forgotten tricks to regulate their internal climate with little expenditure of energy.

Wrath Of Gnon on Twitter “Before the International Style (modernism) in architecture, our ancestors knew how to adapt the room heights according to the climate, achieving maximum effect (comfort) for the least effort (energy). Today we trust in the grid and so build 8-9 ft rooms from Bermuda to Reykjavik.”

Noted by Damian Cugley 4 years, 11 months ago.