Title & Author:

Architecture of change 2 : sustainability and humanity in the built environment / edited by Kristin Feireiss and Lukas Feireiss.

Publication:

Description:

235 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
"Interviews with Peter Sloterdijk and Chris Luebkeman"--Cover
Includes index.
360 rock series / Olafur Eliasson -- Preface : Change / Kristin Feireiss -- Building up responsibility in critical times / Lukas Feireiss -- 1. Can I get a witness: dynamic dwelling in the age of fireworks, part 1 / Lukas Feireiss in conversation with Peter Sloterdijk -- Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin, Germany / E2A Eckert Eckert Architekten ; ETH e-Science Lab, HIT new building, Zurich, Switzerland / Baumschlager Eberle Architects ; Harmonia//57, São Paolo, Brazil / Triptyque ; Eden Bio, Paris, France / Edouard François ; Green Pix: Zero Energy Media Wall, Beijing, China / Simone Giostra and Partners ; New fire station, Heidelberg, Germany / Peter Kulka Architektur ; Oslo International School, Oslo, Norway / Jarmund / Vigsnaes Architects ; Meydan Retail Complex, Istanbul, Turkey / Foreign Office Architects ; TRNSYS, Universal Tool for Climate Engineering / Transsolar ; Elm Park Development, Dublin, Ireland / Bucholz McEvoy Architects ; California Academy of Science, San Francisco, USA / Renzo Piano Building Workshop -- 2. Cross country : dynamic dwelling in the age of fireworks, part 2 / Lukas Feireiss in conversation with Peter Sloterdijk -- CO2 saver house, Lake Laka, Poland / Peter Kuczia ; Wall house, Santiago de Chile, Chile / FAR Frohn & Rojas ; Solar house: Solar Decathlon 07 Team Deutschland / Students from the Darmstadt University of Technology, Prof. Manfred Heggernau ; Yakisugi House, Nagano City, Japan / Terunobu Fujimori + Keiichi kawakami ; Henderson Community Building, Palm Desert, USA / Patel Architecture, Inc. ; Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station, East Antarctic / International Polar Foundation ; Clay Field, London, Suffolk UK / Riches Hawley Mikhail Architects ; Maosi Ecological Demonstration School, Qingyang City, China / Edward Ng + Jun Mu ; Inujima Art Project, Okayama, Japan / Hiroshi Sambuichi Architects ; La Vall d'en Joan, Parc del Garraf, Spain / Batlle i Roig Arquitectes ; The High Line, New York, USA / James Corner Field Operations with Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
3. Duty of care: unfolding tomorrow: thriving for fictions of our multiple futures, part 1 / Lukas Feireiss in conversation with Chris Luebkeman -- School of Architecture, Talca, Chile / Students from the University of Talca, Chile ; Magic bus campus/staff dormitory, Maharashtra, India / Architecture Brio ; Greening the Romford Ring Road, London, UK / What if: projects Ltd. ; 10 x 10 Design Indaba low cost house, Cape Town, South Africa / Luyanda Mpahlwa/MMA Architects ; Centre pour les Bein-être des Femmes, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso / Fare Studio ; Political Equator II, San Diego, USA/Tijuana, Mexico / Estudio Teddy Cruz ; Ukukula Centre, Cape Town, South Africa / Arg Design ; Make It Right, New Orleans, USA / Make It Right Foundation -- 4. Tomorrow never dies: unfolding tomorrow: thriving for fictions of our multiple futures, part 2 / Lukas Feireiss in conversation with Chris Luebkeman -- Prototype for a garden building with host and nectar plants for Cali's butterflies, Cali, Columbia / Husos ; Cumulus, Oslo, Norway / SMAQ ; Pearce Ecohouse, Malibu, USA / Peter Jon Pearce ; Sustainable housing initiative: the GINA Studio, Cambridge, USA / Students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Profs. Frank Barkow and Christopher Bangle ; Wind dam, Lake Ladoga, Russia / Laurie Chetwood ; Nano vent-skin / Agustin Otegui ; North, the Arctic and Subarctic territories / Territorial Agency ; Zeekracht, North Sea, Netherlands / Office for Metropolitan Architecture ; Self-sufficient city, New York, USA / Terrefuge ; Green Desert Mine, Eastern Sahara / Christophe DM Barlieb Architects.
Text in English, portions in translation, possibly from German.

Summary:

Architecture of Change 2 presents a collection of the most innovative architecture that makes a contribution to a sustainable future. Over forty exemplary projects by internationally renowned architecture practices such as Renzo Piano and OMA founder Rem Koolhaas are featured, in addition to social initiatives such as Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation. From a zero emission ice station facility in Antarctica to the High Line public promenade in New York, it represents a broad range of environmentally mindful concepts that are outstanding architectonically and also devoted to regional environmental and social conditions as well as their global impact.

ISBN:

9783899552638
3899552636

Subject:

Sustainable architecture.
Architecture durable.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Arkitektur miljöaspekter sekelskiftet 2000.
Ekologiskt byggande.
Hållbar utveckling.

Added entries:

Feireiss, Kristin.
Feireiss, Lukas.
Luebkeman, Chris
Sloterdijk, Peter, 1947-

Architecture of change two : sustainability and humanity in the built environment

Holdings:

Location: Library main 265261
Call No.: BIB 196700
Status: Available