Title & Author:

Architecture of change : sustainability and humanity in the built environment / Kristin Feireiss, Lukas Feireiss (eds.).

Publication:

Berlin : Gestalten, 2008.

Description:

303 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Preface / Kristin Feireiss -- Foreword / Andreas Ludwig, Karl Sevelda -- Riders on the storm: into this house we're born and into this world we're thrown / Lukas Feireiss -- Cities: at the heart of our environmental future / Saskia Sassen -- Efficiency in the everyday : Rethinking architecture: creating climate solutions that work for urban centres and low-income communities / Matt Petersen -- Action, action, action / Klaus Töpfer in conversation with Friedrich von Borries -- Projects : Cape Schanck House / Paul Morgan Architects ; OKO House / Youmeheshe Architects ; H16 / Werner Sobek ; Lufthansa Aviation Center / Ingenhoven Architekten ; Palestra Building / SMC Alsop ; CH2 Melbourne City Council House / DesignInc Melbourne ; Parliament Hill School / Haverstock Associates LLP ; Marie Curie High School / Grüntuch Ernst Architekten ; 1% Solution / Public Architecture ; Ecological Budget UK / World Wildlife Fund UK ; Valley View University / Chair for Fundamentals of Ecological Planning and Building ; SPREE2011 / Ralf Steeg & LURI.watersystems. GmbH ; Metro Cable San Augustin / Urban-Think Tank ; Ecoboulevard / Ecosistema Urbano -- Aesthetics of performance : the aesthetics of sustainability / Leon van Schaik -- Shake the future / Kristin Feireiss in conversation with Yung Ho Chang -- Projects : S-House GrAT / Centre for Appropriate Technology ; METI School / Anna Herringer, Eike Roswag ; Ali Apple Elementary School / Limited Design ; Sidwell Friends Middle School / Kieran Timberlake Associates ; DPI Queenscliff Centre / Lyons Architects ; Howard Hughes Medical Institute / Rafael Vinoly Architects ; SIEEB / Mario Cucinella Architects ; Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park / Steven Holl Architects ; Federal Environmental Agency / Sauerbruch Hutton Architects -- San Francisco Federal Building / Morphosis ; INVERSAbrane KOL/MAC LCC ; New Monte Rosa-Hut / Studio Monte Rosa -- Didatactics of engagement : Toward a twenty-first century renaissance: education, design, and a hopeful human prospect / William McDonough -- Green design / Ken Yeang -- Projects : 20K $ House / Rural Studio ; Kikoo Water Project / Engineers Without Borders ; Living Tebogo / BASEhabitat ; Schulbausteine für Gando e.V / Diébédo Francis Kéré ; 121 Ethiopia / Hekla Foundation ; Open architecture network / Architecture for Humanity ; Manuel Martínez Calderón Primary School / EMBT -- Enric Miralles, Benedetta Taglibue ; United Bottle / INSTANT Architects ; Tsunami Safe(r) House / SENSEable City Laboratory ; Alluvial Sponge Comb / Anderson Anderson Architecture ; Solar Updraft Tower / Schlaich Bergermann Solar ; Hawaii Gateway Energy Centre / Ferraro Choi and Associates -- Biographies.

Summary:

Today's architects and engineers are increasingly being asked to address issues of sustainability in our changing world. Architecture of Change presents outstanding architectural projects that combine creativity, scientific knowledge, technical innovation, social engagement and a strong sense of responsibility to address environmental challenges.

Resources:
Inhaltstext

ISBN:

9783899552119
3899552113

Subject:

Architecture Environmental aspects.
Sustainable architecture.
Sustainable buildings.
Architecture Human factors.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Architecture durable.
Constructions durables.
Architecture Facteurs humains.
Baubiologie
Landschaftsgebundenes Bauen
Architektur
Umwelt
Arkitektur miljöaspekter.
Hållbar utveckling.
Ekologiskt byggande.

Added entries:

Feireiss, Kristin.
Feireiss, Lukas.

Sustainability and humanity in the built environment

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257578
Call No.: BIB 188101
Status: Available