Non-extractive architecture : on designing without depletion / edited by Space Caviar.

Moscow : V-A-C Press ; Berlin : Sternberg Press, [2021]-

volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

"Architectureand architectshave immense influence in defining the way we live, work, and interact as communities. Architecture, in fact, could be described as the very process through which our collective priorities take shape in the environment. Today, buildings generate nearly forty percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions. As awareness of the true cost of inaction grows, every human activity will be rethoughtand the material economy of the building industry is one of the places where new thinking is most urgently needed. Architects have the opportunity to reclaim their relevance by becoming the advocates and masterminds of a new way of building. -- What kind of architecture will be born once its primary purpose is serving communities and not capital accumulation? How can we compel the market to factor in the true long-term costs of construction and material production? How can we reduce the sense of abstraction that separates {28}consumers.

9783956795916 (v. 1 ; paperback)
3956795911 (v. 1 ; paperback)

Sustainable architecture.
Sustainable design.
Architecture durable.
Écoconception.

Space Caviar, editor.
V-A-C Foundation, issuing body.
Space Caviar editor.

Location: Library main 309193
Call No.: BIB 254463
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available