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Author Orr, David W., 1944-

Title Design on the edge : the making of a high-performance building / David W. Orr
Published Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, [2006]
©2006

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Description xvi, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents I. Context -- 1. A meditation on building -- 2. The origins of ecological design -- 3. The design revolution : notes for practitioners -- II. The building -- 4. Origins -- 5. The building -- 6. Landscapes : monologue to dialogue -- 7. The gift must move : reflections on costs, economics, giving, and receiving -- III. Evaluation -- 8. The politics of institutional change -- 9. Planning to learn : a digression on institutional learning -- 10. The political economy of buildings in the postpetroleum world -- IV. Pedagogy -- 11. The origins of the ideas -- 12. The green campus movement -- 13. The rest of the story -- App. A. Oberlin College environmental policy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-267) and index
Subject Adam Joseph Lewis Center (Oberlin, Ohio)
Oberlin College -- Buildings.
Buildings -- Ohio -- Oberlin -- History.
LC no. 2006044259
ISBN 9780262151177 hardback
0262151170 hardback