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  • The Greening of Architecture

    A Critical History and Survey of Contemporary Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design

    by Phillip James Tabb, A. Senem Deviren ...
    Contemporary architecture, and the culture it reflects dependent as it is on fossil fuels, has contributed to the cause and necessity of a burgeoning green process that emerged over the past half century. This text is the first to offer a comprehensive critical history and analysis of the greening of architecture through accumulative reduction of negative environmental effects caused by buildings, ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

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    A Very Short Introduction

    by Ian Thompson ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Landscape architecture plays an important role in shaping the places in which we live and work. But what is it? Landscape architects are involved, amongst other things, in the layout of business parks, the reclamation of derelict industrial sites, the restoration of historic city parks, and the siting and design of major pieces of infrastructure such as motorways, dams, power stations, and flood ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Living in the Anthropocene

    Earth in the Age of Humans

    by Thomas E. Lovejoy, Edward O. Wilson ...
    Explores the causes and implications of the Anthropocene, or Age of Humans, from multiple points of view including anthropological, scientific, social, artistic, and economic.Although we arrived only recently in Earth's timeline, humans are driving major changes to the planet's ecosystems. Even now, the basic requirements for human life--air, water, shelter, food, nature, and culture--are rapidly ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • EcoCities

    Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature (Revised Edition)

    by Richard Register ...
    Most of the world's population now lives in cities. So if we are to address the problems of environmental deterioration and peak oil adequately, the city has to be a major focus of attention.EcoCities is about re-building cities and towns based on ecological principles for the long term sustainability, cultural vitality and health of the Earth's biosphere. Unique in the literature is the book's ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Supertall

    How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives

    by Stefan Al ...
    The global boom in skyscrapers—why it’s happening now, how they’re made, and what they do to cities and people.We are living in a new urban age, and its most tangible expression is the “supertall”: megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history.Cities around the world are racing to build the first mile-high building, stretching the limits of engineering ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

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  • The Shape of Green

    Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design

    by Lance Hosey ...
    Does going green change the face of design or only its content? The first book to outline principles for the aesthetics of sustainable design, The Shape of Green argues that beauty is inherent to sustainability, for how things look and feel is as important as how they’re made.In addition to examining what makes something attractive or emotionally pleasing, Hosey connects these questions with ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The Urban Design Reader

    Edited by Michael Larice, Elizabeth Macdonald ...
    Series series Routledge Urban Reader Series
    The second edition of The Urban Design Reader draws together the very best of classic and contemporary writings to illuminate and expand the theory and practice of urban design. Nearly 50 generous selections include seminal contributions from Howard, Le Corbusier, Lynch, and Jacobs to more recent writings by Waldheim, Koolhaas, and Sorkin. Following the widespread success of the first edition of ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • Ritual House

    Drawing on Nature's Rhythms for Architecture and Urban Design

    by Ralph Knowles ...
    The houses we dwell in, the cities surrounding our houses, even the clothes we wear—these are all shelters we erect against the elements. They are also the embodiment of intuitive rituals, individual and cultural responses to nature’s rhythms. Life in the 21st century has separated us from those traditions—now, Ritual House reawakens us to our lost natural heritage.Celebrated architect Ralph ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Nature by Design

    The Practice of Biophilic Design

    by Stephen R. Kellert ...
    Biophilia is the theory that people possess an inherent affinity for nature, which developed during the long course of human evolution. In recent years, studies have revealed that this inclination continues to be a vital component to human health and wellbeing. Given the pace and scale of construction today with its adversarial, dominative relationship with nature, the integration of nature with ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Tropical Sustainable Architecture

    Edited by Joo Hwa Bay, Boon Lay Ong ...
    The tropical belt – where large areas of South East Asia, India, Africa and parts of both North and South America are located – forms the biggest landmass in the world and has one of the highest numbers of rapidly developing cities. Coincidentally, architecture in these regions shares common problems, the most easily identifiable being the tropical conditions of climate and natural environment. ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • Urban Design: Green Dimensions

    by Peter Shirley, J. C. Moughtin ...
    In Green Dimensions, Cliff Moughtin relates sustainable development and green design to the realm of urban design and development. Examining regional and local frameworks for design and planning, this book shows how sustainable urban design can be implemented on every scale. Working from a strong theoretical base, the author uses case studies and discusses policy developments, in order to ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Green Braid

    Towards an Architecture of Ecology, Economy and Equity

    Edited by Kim Tanzer, Rafael Longoria ...
    Series series The ACSA Architectural Education Series
    This volume presents the discipline’s best thinking on sustainability in written, drawn, and built form, drawing on over fifteen years of peer-reviewed essays and national design awards published by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).Providing a primer on sustainability, useful to teachers and students alike, the selected essays address a broad range of issues. Combined ... Read more

    $76.99 USD