Main entry:

Contal, Marie-Hélène.

Title & Author:

Sustainable design : towards a new ethic in architecture and town planning / by Marie-Helene Contal, Jana Revedin ; translated by Elizabeth Kugler.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, 2009.

Description:

179 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
This book documents the approach of the prizewinners of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture from 2007 and 2008."--P. [4] of cover.
Translated from the French and German.
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Thomas Herzog -- From the avant-garde to sustainability / Jana Revedin -- Winners of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2008 : Stefan Behnisch, Stuttgart, Germany : Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular REsearch (TDCCBR), Toronto ; Harvard's Allston Science Complex, Harvard University, Cambridge ; IBN Institute for Forestry and Nature Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands -- Balkrishna Doshi, Ahmedabad, India : Sangath, offices for the Vāstu-Shilpā Foundation and studio space for the architect, Ahmedabad, India ; Aranya, program for low-income housing Madhya Pradesh, Indore, India ; Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India -- Françoise-Héléne Jourda, Paris France : Botanical Garden, Bordeaux, France ; Creation of a marketplace and surrounding spaces, Place du 8 Mai 1945, Lyon, France -- Hermann Kaufmann, Schwarzach, Austria : Ludesch Community Center, Vorarlberg, Austria ; Olperer Shelter, Finkelberg in Tyrol, Austria ; Allmeintalweg residential complex, Ludesch, Austria -- Wang Shu, Hangzhou, China : China Academy of Art, Xiangshan Campus, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China ; Five scattered houses, Mingzhou Park, Ningbo, China.
Winners of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2008 : Fabrizio Carola, Naples, Italy : Hotel Kambary, Bandiagara, Mali ; Regional Center for Traditional Medicine, Bandiagara, Mali ; Cultural and Social Center, Bandiagara, Mali -- Elemental, Santiago, Chile : REsorption of a shantytown for 100 families, Iquique, Chile ; Lo Espejo-Social Housing Program, Santiago, Chile ; Renca neighborhood-rehousing program, Santiago, Chile -- Rural Studio, Newbern, Alabama, USA : Fire station and town hall, Newbern, Alabama ; Akron Boys and Girls Club, Akron, Alabama ; Community Center/Glass Chapel, Mason's Bend, Hale County, Alabama ; Antioch Baptist Church, Perry County, Alabama -- Philippe Samyn, Brussels, Belgium : Roof sheltering of a train station, Leuven, Belgium ; Fire station, Houten Business Park, Houten, The Netherlands -- Carin Smuts, Cape Town, South Africa : Dawid Klaaste Center, Laingsburg, Karoo, South Africa ; Guga S'Thebe: Arts, Culture, and Heritage Village, Cape Town, South Africa ; Wesbank Primary School, Wesbank, South Africa.
Translated from the French.
Includes a section on the Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Toronto, Ont., designed by Behnisch Architekten with ArchitectsAlliance.

Summary:

"The concept of sustainability stands at the center of efforts to develop an architecture capable of meeting the challenges of the future. In urban structures as well as in design and the details of execution, sustainable architecture demands a value-preserving, resource-friendly approach to materials and construction. It was in large part in order to do justice to this development that in 2007, the Cite de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine and Jana Revedin created the international Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, which honors architects who have specifically excelled in the area of sustainability." "This book documents the work of the prizewinners for 2007 and 2008. A first section introduces the work and thought of each architect, while a second takes an in-depth look at two or three projects that illustrate their distinctive approach. The 2007 prizewinners are Stefan Behnisch, Germany; Balkrishna Doshi, India; Francoise-Helene Jourda, France; Hermann Kaufmann, Austria; and Wang Shu, China. For 2008, the honorees are Fabrizio Carola, Italy/Mali; Philippe Samyn, Belgium; Carin Smuts, South Africa; Andrew Freear and his Rural Studio, USA; and Alejandro Aravena for Elemental, Chile."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

9783764399382 (hbk.)
3764399384 (hbk.)

Subject:

Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (Paris, France) Awards.
Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (Paris, France)
Sustainable architecture.
Sustainable urban development.
Architecture durable.
Urbanisme durable.
Awards.
Architektur
Bauökologie
Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
Nachhaltigkeit
Preisträger
Ekologiskt byggande.
Arkitektur miljöaspekter.
Stadsplanering miljöaspekter.
Hållbar utveckling.
Architecture Awards
Sustainable architecture Awards
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research

Form/genre:

Bildband.

Added entries:

Revedin, Jana, Gräfin, 1965-
Herzog, Thomas, 1941-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263847
Call No.: BIB 195144
Status: Available