This volume originates from the 8th International Conference on Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature and deals with topics such as building technologies, design by passive systems, design with nature, cultural sensitivity, life cycle assessment, resources and rehabilitation and many others including case studies from around the world.

• Cover
• Eco-Architecture VIII
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• Contents
• Section 1: Design with nature
  • Nature-inspired architecture of Laurie Baker and Toyo Ito: A comparison
  • Prediction of thermal comfort and energy behaviour through natural-based solutions implementation: A case study in Badajoz, Spain
  • Symbiont: Flora and fauna as inhabitants of architecture
• Section 2: Methodological approaches
  • Probing potentials of digital and physical modelling in construction courses
  • Developing a pedagogical model for biophilic design: An integrative conjecture mapping and action research approach
  • Human perception and aesthetics of façades
  • Influence of mathematical composition for public space in the experience of users: Alejandro Zohn’s work
• Section 3: Energy-driven building design
  • Lighting in corridors influencing the switching on of electric lighting in classrooms: Need for educational actions
  • Building integrated photovoltaic solutions in arid climates: Experimental analysis of copper indium gallium selenide and crystalline silicon modules integrated as ventilated façades
  • Hygrothermal performance analysis of traditional timber-framed houses in Turkey
  • Green façades: Benefits, indicators and design parameters
  • Thermophysical and mechanical properties of compressed earth blocks containing fibres: By-product of okra plant and polymer waste
• Section 4: Sustainable cities and sites regeneration
  • Sustainable habitat in Burkina Faso: Social trajectories, logics and motivations for the use of compressed earth blocks for housing construction in Ouagadougou
  • Sustainable cities indices in modern architecture: A comparative study in UAE
• Author index