Reyner Banham was a pioneer in arguing that technology, human needs, and environmental concerns must be considered an integral part of architecture. No historian before him had so systematically explored the impact of environmental engineering on the design of buildings and on the minds of architects. In this revision of his classic work, Banham has added considerable new material on the use of energy, particularly solar energy, in human environments. Included in the new material are discussions of Indian pueblos and solar architecture, the Centre Pompidou and other high-tech buildings, and the environmental wisdom of many current architectural vernaculars.

《从绘图到建筑物的翻译及其他文章》是建筑历史与理论家罗宾·埃文斯的文集，收录了作者自1970年到1990年间颇具影响力的文章。绘图是建筑知识和建筑实践中一个不可或缺的工具和媒介，埃文斯将图视为一个自为的媒介，探讨了不同图示表达与建筑物之间的关系。此外，本书还收入了作者对建筑师与建筑颇具批判性和启示性的分析和解读，以及对建筑与日常生活和社会需求之间具有洞察力的解释。