This illustrated book gives a comprehensive view of _ contemporary ideas, innovations and emerging attitudes to sustainability that emanated from the MIT symposium. 16 leading contributors with demonstrable track records in architectural practice, engineering and academia give their insights into the way we need to think about architecture in the future in order to work with the environment - instead of against it. Supported by details that relate to specific design or research projects, they clearly suggest a variety of potential directions fo follow to bring environmentalism into the mainstream of architectural discourse. The edited summary of twelve key presentations at an International Design Symposium held at MIT. This book presents an important collection of contributions from key designers with a track record in the field of environmentally conscious buildings. Their contributions respond to a need for a more holistic view on environmentalism, focusing on cultural and social levels as well as technical issues to broaden the debate on sustainable architecture. This book will appeal to a wide range of professionals in the built environment, increasingly concerned with sustainable design.
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I would like to begin this discussion by suggesting that many of the common ways of thinking about the issue of sustainability, and architectural responses to it, are not radical enough. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Vital Signs, Kuala Lumpur, Richard Meier, San Francisco, Dimensions of Sustoinobility, International Rogiere, University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, Declaration of Independence, Old Executive Office Building, Peter Calthorpe, White House, British Museum, Intelligent Workplace, Kansai Airport, Laguna West, Malta Brewery, Pacific Gas, The Queen's Building, Village Homes, Environmental Defense Fund, Hal Harvey, International School New!
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I would like to begin this discussion by suggesting that many of the common ways of thinking about the issue of sustainability, and architectural responses to it, are not radical enough. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Vital Signs, Kuala Lumpur, Richard Meier, San Francisco, Dimensions of Sustoinobility, International Rogiere, University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, Declaration of Independence, Old Executive Office Building, Peter Calthorpe, White House, British Museum, Intelligent Workplace, Kansai Airport, Laguna West, Malta Brewery, Pacific Gas, The Queen's Building, Village Homes, Environmental Defense Fund, Hal Harvey, International School New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- The Social Logic of Space by Bill Hillier in Back Matter
- Design with Nature (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design) by Ian L. McHarg in Back Matter
- Thermal Delight in Architecture by Lisa Heschong in Back Matter
- The Experience of Landscape by Jay Appleton in Back Matter
- The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard in Back Matter
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- Transportable Environments 2 by Robert Kronenburg on page 128, and Back Matter
- Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change (Urban and Industrial Environments) by Peggy F. Barlett in Front Matter
- Big and Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century by David Gissen in Back Matter
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