100 Contemporary Green Buildings - Philip Jodidio
KORTE INHOUD
The most exciting new buildings in the world are now almost all environmentally aware, sustainable, and conceived to consume far less energy than ever before. That architecture is one of the major sources of greenhouse gases in the world makes this new trend all the more significant. This book brings the best examples of green projects from the Architecture Now! series together with numerous new, never-seen-before projects.
Well-known architects like Frank Gehry and Norman Foster are present right alongside young, up-and-coming creators from Latin America, the United States, Europe, and Asia. '100 Contemporary Green Buildings' is not a technical book, nor are its contents limited to any predefined category. Being “green” means being aware of the responsibility implied in the construction and use of modern buildings, and there are many ways to express this rising consciousness. Some solutions, the ones generally called “passive,” are as old as the history of architecture, while others are born of cutting-edge t...
Well-known architects like Frank Gehry and Norman Foster are present right alongside young, up-and-coming creators from Latin America, the United States, Europe, and Asia. '100 Contemporary Green Buildings' is not a technical book, nor are its contents limited to any predefined category. Being “green” means being aware of the responsibility implied in the construction and use of modern buildings, and there are many ways to express this rising consciousness. Some solutions, the ones generally called “passive,” are as old as the history of architecture, while others are born of cutting-edge t...
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2 uniform volumes woth original boards, dust jackets, both volumes illustrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs, map on endpapers, pictorial board slipcase, 4to. [Auteur: Jodidio, Philip] [Pagina's: 696] [Uitgever: Cologne : Taschen GmbH] [Jaar: 2013] [Titel: 100 Contemporary Green Buildings = 100 Zeitgenossische Grune Bauten = 100 Batiments Verts Contemporains (2 volumes in box)]
