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208 pages : 28 cm A collection of essays in which twelve experts in green architecture and urbanism share their thoughts on the clash between perceptions of sustainable housing and the desire for traditional homes and offices, and possible solutions to the problem
“Foreword / By Hrh The Prince Of Wales -- Sustainability And Tradition : Two Sides Of The Coin / Hank Dittmar -- Ten Thousand Years Of Building : History Is In Our Future / Bruce King -- Living Traditions And The Original Green / Stephen Mouzon -- Tradition And Innovation In Green Architecture And Urbanism / James Steele -- The Four Greens / Andrés Duany -- Bodies And Buildings : Microcosm ...
- Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery
- Green Building Illustrated
- Building Reuse: Sustainability, Preservation, and The Value of Design
- Vitamin Green | Sustainable Architecture
- Ten Shades of Green: Architecture and The Natural World
- Biomimicry in Architecture
- Introduction to Architectural Science: The Basis of Sustainable Design
- Strategies For Sustainable Architecture
- Understanding Sustainable Architecture
This is a leading reference book which has an updated resource in the field of sustainable construction with a broad range of including architecture, engineering, and construction This book delivers detailed information on all aspects of the construction of the green building, from materials selection to building systems and more. With the increase...
This is a complete guide on how and why we need to build green, the theories supporting sustainable construction techniques. The authors; Francis D.K. Chingbrings his signature graphic style to the topic of sustainable design and Ian M. Shapiro with the help of a graphical presentation to the theory, practices, and complexities of sustainable desig...
This book deals with the concept of reusing and reimagining existing buildings. Kathryn Rogers has tried to explain the facts and myths behind the reuse of existing buildings where she states that “The construction and operation of buildings are responsible for 41 percent of all primary energy use and 48 percent of all carbon emissions.” This techn...
Vitamin green is a result of various surveys done in the field of architecture, landscape architecture, and product design in the twenty-first century. It contains projects that are built and under-construction projects of the most exciting and original green designs at all scales, from eyeglasses to landscapes and from motorcycles to skyscraperswh...
This is a documentation of an exhibition organized by Architectural League, curator, and critic Peter Buchanan. It contains ten buildings as an example to convey that there is no single route to sustainability and no such thing as a green aesthetic. Preferably with the use of a variety of building types and use of advances in technology it is possi...
Nature being the biggest master of all times, when searching for genuinely sustainable building design and technology – designs that go beyond conventional sustainability to be truly restorative – we often find that nature got there first. This book is an extraordinary sourcebook provides the case studies predicting future trends and talks about th...
An ideal resource book resonating the basics of architectural science and provides a physical basis for it. This book helps the reader to help understand the potential of sustainable designs. This provides an outline of the changes created indoor with little or no use of energy, other than from renewable sources.
This guide provides a wholesome knowledge of the design issues involved in delivering sustainable buildings and also gives a detailed description of the process of integrating principles into practice. It includes approximately one hundred case studies of sixty buildings. These case studies range from small dwellings to large commercial buildingsfr...
This book is a review of the assumptions, beliefs, goals, and bodies of knowledge through a series of self-reflective questions for designers, the author’s Terry J. Williamson, Antony Radford, Helen Bennetts argue the ultimate importance of reasoned argument in ecological, social, and built contexts, including clarity in the problem, framing and li...
K), is an architecture school in Copenhagen dating back to 1754. In 2015 KADK commited to working with the UNs 17 Sustainable Development Goals, making it mand. he goals in their thesis.For more information visit www.kadk.dkThe UIA Commission on the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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The 20 best sustainability and green architecture books recommended by EH.net, Tom Peters, Carl Folke, Paul Raskin, Scott Rechler, Andrew Revkin and others. Categories Experts Newsletter icon-search
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Feb 22, 2021 · 288 pages, $49.95, Phaidon Press, March 2021. 2. Houses: Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Photo courtesy of Monacelli Press. Houses highlights some of the most beautiful homes across the US with a wide variety of architecture and interior design and explores the inspiration behind each project.
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In Green Living: Architecture and Planning, recently published by Rizzoli, 12 experts in green architecture and urbanism—including School of Architecture professor David Mayernik and professor emeritus Norman Crowe—argue that tradition and the vernacular have much to teach us about sustainability, and can serve as the base from which to evolve cities, towns, and buildings that meet our ...
