Title & Author:

The return of nature : sustaining architecture in the face of sustainability / edited by Preston Scott Cohen and Erika Naginski.

Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2014.
©2014

Description:

xvi, 231 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Design's new catechism / Robert Levit -- Faculty of omnipotence / Catherine Ingraham -- The raw and the cooked / Sylvia Lavin -- Case study I: MOS Architects, afterparty, P.S. 1 YAP Pavilion (2009) -- The nature parallel / Barry Bergdoll -- Next to nothing / K. Michael Hays -- Nature after Mies / Diane Lewis -- Case study II: Michael Bell Architecture, Gefter-Press House, Hudson Valley, NY (2007) -- On limits / Andrew Payne -- Eco-pop / Mark Jarzombek -- Nature, model of complexity / Jean-François Chevrier -- Case study III: Steven Holl Architects, Sliced Porosity Block, Chengdu, China (2007-2012) -- Agri-tecture / Elizabeth Diller -- Nature, infrastructure and cities / Antoine Picon -- Case study IV: George L. Legendre, Henderson Waves, Singapore (2004-2008) -- Block that metaphor / Jorge Silvetti -- Case study V: Prescott Scott Cohen, Inc., Fahmy House, Los Gatos CA (2007-2014).
Includes mention of the CCA in acknowledgements (p. xv).

Summary:

Detailed case studies and essays by practitioners, historians, and theorists present multiple viewpoints on the relations between architecture, nature, green design, sustainability, technology, and culture.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9780415897884 (alk. paper)
0415897882 (alk. paper)
9780415897891 (alk. paper)
0415897890 (alk. paper)
(ebk)
9781315796185
131579618X
9781315796185

Subject:

Sustainable design.
Sustainable architecture.
Écoconception.
Architecture durable.
sustainable architecture.
Hållbar arkitektur.
Hållbar design.

Added entries:

Cohen, Preston Scott, editor.
Naginski, Erika, editor.
Cohen, Preston Scott editor of compilation.
Naginski, Erika editor of compilation.
Centre canadien d'architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286922
Call No.: BIB 227472
Status: Available