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Green Architecture for a Sustainable Future
The projects presented in this book are excellent examples of how the many facets of sustainability can be applied in the field of architecture. By using the term "green" to...
Off-Grid Getaways: Organic Architecture
The multiple signals coming from all corners of the planet, represents a new warning for the awareness of the need to promote global policies that protect the environment in all...
Eco-Houses: Sustainability & Quality of Life
"Sustainable design integrates consideration of resource and energy efficiency, healthy buildings and materials, ecologically and socially sensitive land-use, and an aesthetic sensitivity that inspires, affirms, and ennobles..." The construction process...
Movable Architecture: A Design Guide to Container Reuse
Focusing on the requirement for energy-efficient sustainable architecture with a small carbon footprint, this book explores the many ways in which containers can be renovated to create housing and more....
The Iconic Tropical House
A luscious survey of forty-five of the most interesting tropical houses built in south-east Asia and Australia over the last fifty years, arranged decade by decade. This stunningly illustrated volume...
The New Sustainable House
Designing with the environment in mind is not 'new'. What is new is the increasing number of ways houses can be more sustainably built. With a fresh focus on design...
Homesick: Why I Live in a Shed
The story of a personal housing crisis that led to a discovery of the true value of home. *'You will marvel at the beauty of this book, and rage at...
Homesick: Why I Live in a Shed
The story of a personal housing crisis that led to a discovery of the true value of home. *'You will marvel at the beauty of this book, and rage at...
No Miracles Needed: How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and
The world needs to turn away from fossil fuels and use clean, renewable sources of energy as soon as we can. Failure to do so will cause catastrophic climate damage...
Good Energy: Renewable Power and the Design of Everyday Life
"There's nothing 'alternative' anymore about clean energy and green design. As this book makes beautifully clear, the future is here"- Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun...
Eco-Visionaries: Conversations on a Planet in a State of Emergency
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In autumn 2019, the Royal Academy of Arts is organising 'Eco-Visionaries', an exhibition that will examine how contemporary practices of art and architecture are responding to current global ecological changes....
75 Architects for a Sustainable World
Filled with striking photography as well as design inspiration and hope for a better tomorrow, this beautifully designed volume profiles the work of a global selection of visionary architects who...
Naturally Animated Architecture: Using The Movements Of The Sun, Wind,
This video-augmented book explains how the natural movements of the sun, wind and rain can be used to improve the well-being of people in buildings and raise awareness of sustainable...
Heliopolis 21
Heliopolis 21 projects and researches in fact aims at a radical change of architecture, starting from the convincement that the global crisis are due to the way we have built...
The Pandemic Effect: Ninety Experts on Immunizing the Built Environment
Leading architects, designers, materials scientists, and health officials reflect on the influence of COVID-19 on buildings and cities-and propose solutions to safeguard the built environment from future pandemics. COVID-19 caused...
Designing the Ecocity-in-the-Sky: The Seoul Workshop
A comprehensive resource on vertical urbanism and how to plan and design a vertical ecocity of 100 stories. The book covers the main objectives: ecodesign, concepts, habitats, and designing for...
Green Design: Volume 1
Author: Dorian LucasFormat: Hardback, 210mm x 285mm, 1470g, 232 pagesPublished: Braun Publishing AG, Switzerland, 2013Sustainability has become one of the main key phrases and goals of our time. Environmentally compatible...