Main entry:

Farallones Institute.

Title & Author:

The integral urban house : self-reliant living in the city / by the Farallones Institute staff ; introduction by Sim Van der Ryn.

Publication:

San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, [1979]
©1979

Description:

x, 494 pages : illustrations, charts, plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 452-459) and index.
1. Beginnings / Helga Olkowski -- 2. Integral design / Sim Van der Ryn and Sterling Bunnell -- 3. Design processes / Helga Olkowski, Bill Olkowski and Tom Javits -- 4. Conservation of energy / Bill Olkowski -- 5. Conservation of water / Tom Javits -- 6. Managing organic and inorganic wastes / Helga Olkowski, Bill Olkowski and Tom Javits -- 7. Growing food in urban areas / Helga Olkowski -- 8. What plants need to grow / Helga Olkowski and Bill Olkowski -- 9. Raising plants indoors / Helga Olkowski -- 10. Raising small stock / Tom Javits -- 11. Some other animals for urban backyards / Sterling Bunnell and Bill Olkowski -- 12. Solar technology / Scott Matthews -- 13. Managing wildlife, or humans and other species / Helga Olkowski and Bill Olkowski -- 14. The house and the street / Helga Olkowski, Bill Olkowski and Tom Javits -- 15. The integral urban neighborhood / Helga Olkowski and Tom Javits.

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "1973: désolé, plus d'essence = 1973: sorry, out of gas", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 7, 2007-Apr. 20, 2008.

ISBN:

0871562138
9780871562135

Subject:

Dwellings.
Buildings Environmental engineering.
City and town life.
Environmental engineering.
Habitations.
Technique de l'environnement.
Vie urbaine.
Constructions Technique de l'environnement.
dwellings.
environmental engineering.
Alternative Architektur
Stadtökologie
Selbstversorgung
Woningen.
Zachte technologie.
USA
boliger
byer
selvforsyning

Added entries:

Van der Ryn, Sim, writer of introduction.
Olkowski, Helga.
Olkowski, William.
Javits, Tom, 1951-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 69191
Call No.: 2918
Status: Available