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  • The Good Building Book

    Principles of Efficient, Functional and Sustainable Design

    by Jon Broome, Nick Grant ...
    'Mandatory reading for everyone in our design practice.' CHARLIE LUXTON'A deeply fascinating book.' MARK BRINKLEYDrawing from extensive experience, award-winning architect Jon Broome and design engineer Nick Grant celebrate undervalued ideas that have stood the test of time.The Good Building Book provides provocative and empowering insights, along with critical analysis, to help rethink design and ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Black Ops Bricks

    How to Build Your Own Model Military and Armored Fighting Vehicles

    by Nick Grant ...
    Twenty of the coolest vehicles ever dreamed up, ready to come to life brick by brick!Black Ops Bricks reconstructs the finest military and spy jets, trucks, and ships ever built. Inside you’ll find step-by-step, full-color illustrations showing you how to create the best and most badass military and special operations vehicles ever made. From smaller projects to the eight-hundred-plus-piece ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Sixth Wave

    How to Succeed in a Resource-Limited World

    by Bianca Nogrady, James Bradfield Moody ...
    How to succeed in a resource limited world.Making predictions about the future is a dangerous game, particularly when that future has never looked more uncertain. Natural resources are dwindling and we are wasting the resources we do have at an unparalleled rate. Climate change threatens our way of life and digital technology is advancing at such a rate as to leave many of us baffled. But far from ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Off The Grid Homes

    by Lori Ryker ...
    An in-depth look at the strategies employed in sustainable home design. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Green Building A to Z

    Understanding the Language of Green Building

    by Jerry Yudelson ...
    Green building is the fastest-growing trend to hit since the Internet, bringing with it an enormous range of new products, systems and technologies. Green Building A to Z is an informative, technically accurate and highly visual guide to green building, for both decision-makers and interested citizens. It begins with an introduction to the importance of green buildings and a brief history of the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Sustainable Preservation

    Greening Existing Buildings

    by Jean Carroon ...
    Sustainable Preservation takes a nuanced look at the hundreds of choices that adaptive reuse requires architects to make—from ingenious ways to redeploy existing structural elements to time-honored techniques for natural ventilation to creation of wetlands that restore a site's natural biological functions. In addition, Sustainable Preservation presents 50 case studies of projects—schools, houses, ... Read more

    $79.00 USD

  • Kevin McCloud’s Principles of Home

    Making a Place to Live

    by Kevin McCloud ...
    A practical paperback edition of the landmark design manifesto from the UK’s favourite design guru.In this inspirational yet also practical paperback Kevin explores all areas of domestic living, from materialism to sustainability, craftsmanship to comfort. Kevin’s beautifully written text brings insight and understanding to enjoying life in the 21st century, but crucially he offers detailed, ... Read more

    $1.49 USD

  • Sustainable Design

    A Critical Guide

    by David Bergman ...
    Series series Architecture Briefs
    Written for students and practitioners in the fields of architecture and interior design, our new Architecture Brief Sustainable Design provides a concise overview of all the techniques available for reducing the energy footprint of structures and spaces. With clear, simple language and a practical "can-do" approach, author David Bergman covers everything from the profession's ethical ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Zero-Carbon House

    by Martin Godrey Cook ...
    Zero Carbon' is an abstract concept for most people, but we have lived energy-profligate lifestyles for too long on finite fossil-fuel resources. We now face potential environmental catastrophe from climate change and global warming, with a continuing exponentially expanding global population that doubles every four decades. The capacity of the planet to reabsorb carbon dioxide is about two to ... Read more

    $17.69 USD

  • Site Planning and Design Handbook 2E (PB)

    by Thomas Russ ...
    Essential site planning and design strategies, up-to-date with the latest sustainable development techniquesDiscover how to incorporate sound environmental considerations into traditional site design processes. Written by a licensed landscape architect with more than 20 years of professional experience, this authoritative guide combines established approaches to site planning with sustainable ... Read more

    $73.79 USD

  • Sustainability in Interior Design

    by Siân Moxon, Sian Moxon ...
    Series series Portfolio Skills
    The environmental impact of interior architecture and design practice is immense. This book highlights the need for designers to adapt the way they work and relearn lessons that have been lost.Contrary to many preconceptions, sustainable design can be sophisticated and stylish. And by its nature, a sustainable approach means considering the whole life cycle of a project and therefore improving the ... Read more

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  • Shaping Sustainable Fashion

    Changing the Way We Make and Use Clothes

    Edited by Alison Gwilt, Timo Rissanen ...
    The production, use and eventual disposal of most clothing is environmentally damaging, and many fashion and textile designers are becoming keen to employ more sustainable strategies in their work. This book provides a practical guide to the ways in which designers are creating fashion with less waste and greater durability.Based on the results of extensive research into lifecycle approaches to ... Read more

    $73.99 USD