Bringing together theory and practice this important text provides a coherent overview of the important issues in sustainable urban design. The contributors, recognised experts from both architectural and planning practices, focus on the physical aspects of the urban environment - the buildings and their engineering systems, landscaping, transport systems, energy, water and waste systems. Illustrated with state of the art case studies, the writers successfully cover all the key elements in one volume, providing substantiated examples of best practice.
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Great overview of sustainable design,
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This review is from: Sustainable Urban Design: An Environmental Approach (Paperback)
This well-written and well-organized book, edited by English architecture and urban design professor Randall Thomas, provides a cohesive overview of the current state of theory, techniques and practices for the nascent field of sustainable urbanism. Urban designers, architects, planners, developers and others involved in the design of the built environment are the intended audience.
It is organized into two parts. The first part, comprised of ten chapters, describes the concepts of sustainable urbanism, including principles and background of urban planning, transportation issues, landscape and nature in the city, building design, energy and information, materials, water, and waste and resources. The second part is a series of European case studies, showing best practices of sustainable urban design and building construction. The case studies are well-illustrated with black and white photographs, diagrams and line drawings, including construction details of such things as wall sections and chimney stacks, and provide useful information for design professionals. In his introduction, Thomas describes sustainability as being about "poetry, optimism and delight," and that energy use and CO2 figures are secondary concerns. Thomas recognizes the importance of contextual design beyond the building envelope and focuses his argument to inspire, rather than prescribe, sustainable solutions for the block, neighborhood, city and regional scale, though many of the case study examples seem to be focused on solutions for the building. Sustainable Urban Design is one of several books on the topic that have come out within the last couple of years and is a good complement to Douglas Farr's Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature, Mike Jenks' Future Forms and Design for Sustainable Cities, and Matthew Carmona's Public Places - Urban Spaces.
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Sustainable urban design,
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This is a very well researched book - very informative and is now on my recommended reading list for my studio design course. Thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in this field.My only quibble is that some of the illustrations are a little too small to read easily.
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Sustainability is about poetry, optimism and delight. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sustainable urban design, sustainable urban drainage, passive solar gain, solar potential, commuter stop, landscape strategy, habitable rooms, solar access, embodied energy, solar design, home zones, sustainable transport, lifetime homes, photovoltaic panels Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coin Street, Coopers Road, Success House, Shore Road, Environmental Building, Contact Theatre, Max Fordham, New York, Northern Ireland, Old Kent Road, Urban Task Force, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Peabody Trust, South Bank, Architecture Today, Department of the Environment, Randall Thomas, Thames Valley University, Master Plan, University of Cambridge Botanic Garden, Urban Renaissance, Belfast Lough, Better Places, British Isles, King's Cross New!
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sustainable urban design, sustainable urban drainage, passive solar gain, solar potential, commuter stop, landscape strategy, habitable rooms, solar access, embodied energy, solar design, home zones, sustainable transport, lifetime homes, photovoltaic panels Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coin Street, Coopers Road, Success House, Shore Road, Environmental Building, Contact Theatre, Max Fordham, New York, Northern Ireland, Old Kent Road, Urban Task Force, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Peabody Trust, South Bank, Architecture Today, Department of the Environment, Randall Thomas, Thames Valley University, Master Plan, University of Cambridge Botanic Garden, Urban Renaissance, Belfast Lough, Better Places, British Isles, King's Cross New!
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- Environmental Design: An Introduction for Architects and Engineers by Randall Thomas on 8 pages
- Sustainable Settlements by Barton on page 32, and page 108
- Photovoltaics and Architecture by Randall Thomas on page 135, and Back Matter
- American Building: The Environmental Forces That Shape It by James Marston Fitch on page 45, and Back Matter
- Greywater and Rainwater Systems: Recommended UK Requirements (Final Report) by S. Mustow on page 99, and page 108
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- Environmental Design: An Introduction for Architects and Engineers by Randall Thomas on page 65
- Front to Back: A design agenda for urban housing by Sally Lewis in Back Matter
- Planning and Design Strategies for Sustainability and Profit: Pragmatic sustainable design on building and urban scales by Adrian Pitts in Back Matter
- Streets and Patterns by Stephen Marshall in Back Matter
- Urban Environmentalism: Global Change and the Mediation of Local Conflict by Peter Brand in Back Matter
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