Sustainable environments

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Title Statements

Full title :Sustainable environments / Yenna Chan

Summary

The Contemporary Design in Detail series takes a highly visual look at architectural design details that are more often dealt with in a technical textbook format. The books take readers on a tour of the best details designed by great architects around the world. The series provides a powerful presentation of the most challenging and evolving architectural and design categories. Sustainable Environments focuses on the type of architectural details in distinctive, sustainable residential spaces. It includes sections on components such as cooling or shading devices, building techniques that create minimal impact on the land, active systems, and the use of new sustainable materials as well as those that are salvaged or recyclable. The book presents recent work by architects from around the globe in color photographs and architectural drawings, and is structured according to categories of architectural detail.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Rockport
Place of Publication:Beverly, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008

The Physical Object

Description:1992 s. : : color illustrations ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1592535046, 9781592535040
oclc:ocn769296118
Dewey Decimal:720.47

Response to Place: Site Specificity -- Site Conservatio

Connection to Habitat: Bioregionalism -- Environmental Interface

Conservation of Resources: Alternative Energy Sources -- Hydrological Systems

Use of Building Materials: Elemental and Experimental -- Salvaged and Recycled Materials