Title & Author:

Updating Germany ; 100 projects for a better future / Friedrich von Borries + Matthias Böttger (editors) ; project texts, Sophie Lovell ; policy texts, Jochen Diekmann.

Publication:

Ostfildern, Germany : Hatje Cantz Verlag, ©2008.

Description:

292 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
"This publication is released on the occasion of the German contribution 'Updating Germany' to the 11th International Architecture Exhibition 'Out There: Architecture Beyond Building' from September 14 to November 23, 2008 in Venice, Italy"--Title page verso
At head of title: 000.
Includes index.
Econic architecture : Form follows green? -- Post-fossil landscape : what will the environment of tomorrow look like? -- Eco-techno-topia: how do we want to live? -- Performing systems : what are the new intelligent infrastructures? -- Responsible consumption : what can we do?

Summary:

"As oil prices fluctuate, it seems clear that sustainable architecture and design will be essential in the very near future. With a plethora of social, economic and environmental challenges, we consistently hear that there are no simple solutions or clear answers.
Updating Germany: 100 Projects for a Better Future nonetheless finds some hope through 100 architectural, artistic and design projects currently in development in Germany, which open up new possibilities for blending high-tech with low-tech, using innovative building technologies and allowing for the possibility of an ecologically and socially responsible way of life in the seemingly inevitable post-fossil-fuel world.
This volume accompanies the German exhibition at the 11th International Architectural Biennial in Venice, which was curated by Friedrich von Borries and Matthias Bottger, both born in 1974, who founded the Berlin-based architectural firm raumtaktik in 2003"--Jacket

Resources:
link

ISBN:

9783775722636
3775722637

Subject:

Architecture Environmental aspects Germany Exhibitions.
Architecture Germany History 21st century Exhibitions.
Environmental protection Technological innovations Germany Exhibitions.
Technological innovations Germany Exhibitions.
Art and design Germany Exhibitions.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement Allemagne Expositions.
Environnement Protection Innovations Allemagne Expositions.
Innovations Allemagne Expositions.
Art et design Allemagne Expositions.
Art styles: c 1960 -.
Individual artists.
Architecture.
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Art and design.
Environmental protection Technological innovations.
Technological innovations.
Germany.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Added entries:

Borries, Friedrich von.
Böttger, Matthias, 1974-
Lovell, Sophie.
Diekmann, Jochen.
International Architectural Exhibition (11th : 2008 : Venice, Italy)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 260857
Call No.: BIB 191769
Status: Available