The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture
by Alanna Stang, Christopher Hawthorne
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Author: Alanna Stang, Christopher HawthorneEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-06-01
ISBN: 1568984812
Number of pages: 196
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
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Summary: 5 Stars
My husband and I have a dream of building a sustainable green home. We bought this book to get ideas and get inspired. It worked on both counts. While we're getting our financing together, this book definitely put us in the right frame of mind and convinced us that we're on the right track re: the grand design of our lives. I highly recommend this one!
Summary of The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture
From the arid deserts of Tucson, Arizona to the icy forests of Poori, Finland to the tropical beaches of New South Wales, Australia to the urban jungle of downtown Manhattan, critics Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne have traveled to the farthest reaches of the globe to find all that is new in the design of sustainable, or "green," homes. The result: more than thirty-five residences in fifteen countries -- and nearly every conceivable natural environment -- designed by a combination of star architects and heretofore unknown practitioners. Six different climactic zones are presented in The Green House -- waterfront, forest and mountain, tropical, desert, suburban, and urban; there is also a section on mobile dwellings. Each chapter features a series of homes that show the diversity and possibility of sustainable design. Projects are presented with large color images, plans, drawings, and an accompanying text that describes their green features and explains how they work with and in the environment. Architects included: Santiago Calatrava, Shigeru Ban, Miller/Hull, Rick Joy, Lake Flato, Kengo Kuma, Glenn Murcutt, Pugh & Scarpa, Werner Sobek, and many others. The Green House is not only a beautiful object in its own right, but is sure to be an indispensable reference for anyone building or interested in sustainable design -- and if you ask us, that should be everyone.General Books
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