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Author Contal, Marie-Hélène.

Title Sustainable design : Towards a new ethic in architecture and town planning
Published Basel : De Gruyter, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (184 pages)
Contents FOREWORD; FROM THE AVANT-GARDE TO SUSTAINABILITY; WINNERS OF THE global award for sustainable architecture; Stefan Behnisch, Stuttgart, Germany "We try to establish modest comfort for work and living spaces."; TERRENCE DONNELLY CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH (TDCCBR), TORONTO, CANADA; Harvard's allston science complex, Harvard University, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA; IBN Institute for forestryand nature research, WAGENINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS; Balkrishna Doshi, Ahmedabad, India "My architecture is human, but devised for a specific climate."
SANGATH, OFFICES FOR THE VĀSTU-SHILPĀ FOUNDATION AND studio space for the architect, Ahmedabad, IndiaARANYA, PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING, MADHYA PRADESH, Indore, India; Indian Institute of management, Bangalore, India; FRANÇOISE-HÉLÈNE JOURDA, PARIS, FRANCE "We architects must finally stop wanting to build monuments!"; BOTANICAL GARDEN, BORDEAUX, FRANCE; CREATION OF A MARKETPLACE AND SURROUNDING SPACES, PLACE DU 8 MAI 1945, LYON, FRANCE; HERMANN KAUFMANN, SCHWARZACH, AUSTRIA "We're just at the beginning of a broad social and political responsibility."
LUDESCH COMMUNITY CENTER, VORARLBERG, AUSTRIAOLPERER SHELTER, FINKELBERG IN TYROL, AUSTRIA; ALLMEINTALWEG RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX, LUDESCH, AUSTRIA; WANG SHU, HANGZHOU, CHINA "A stone wall is like a plant. It has to grow."; CHINA ACADEMY OF ART, XIANGSHAN CAMPUS, HANGZHOU, ZHEJIANG, CHINA; FIVE SCATTERED HOUSES, MINGZHOU PARK, NINGBO, CHINA; WINNERS OF THE GLOBAL AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE 2008; FABRIZIO CAROLA, NAPLES, ITALY "Local materials and engineering define a new old ethic in architecture."
ELEMENTAL, SANTIAGO, CHILE "Democratic interaction produces more benefit by same investment."RESORPTION OF A SHANTYTOWN FOR 100 FAMILIES, Iquique, CHILE; LO ESPEJO-SOCIAL HOuSING PROGRAM, SANTIAGO, CHILE; RENCA NEiGHBORHOOD-REHOuSiNG PROGRAM, SANTIAGO, CHILE; Rural Studio, NEwBERN, ALABAMA, USA "Ours is a simple sustainability born of necessity."; FIRE STATION AND TOwN HALL, NEwBERN, ALABAMA, USA; AKRON boys AND GIRLS CLUB, AKRON, ALABAMA, USA; COMMUNITY CENTER/GLASS CHAPEL, MASON'S BEND, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA, USA; ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH, PERRY COUNTY, ALABAMA, USA
PHILIPPE SAMYN, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM "Structure is surprisingly poetic. At any latitude."ROOF SHELTERING OF A TRAIN STATION, LEUVEN, BELGIUM; FIRE STATION, HOUTEN BUSINESS PARK, HOUTEN, THE NETHERLANDS; CARIN SMUTS, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA "Sustainability is about people."; DAWID KLAASTE CENTER, LAINGSBURG, KAROO, SOUTH AFRICA; GUGA S'THEBE-ARTS, CULTURE, AND HERITAGE VILLAGE, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA; WESBANK PRIMARY SCHOOL, WESBANK, SOUTH AFRICA; Appendix; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ABOUT THE WINNERS; ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
Summary Das Konzept der Nachhaltigkeit steht im Mittelpunkt der Entwicklung einer zukunftsfähigen Architektur. Das Buch dokumentiert das Schaffen von internationalen Architekten, die sich auf diesem Gebiet besonders ausgezeichnet haben
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Subject Architecture -- Planning
City planning.
ARCHITECTURE -- Sustainability & Green Design.
Architecture -- Planning
City planning
Form Electronic book
Author Revedin, Jana, Gräfin, 1965-
Kugler, Elizabeth
ISBN 9783034608763
3034608764