Main entry:

Van der Ryn, Sim.

Title & Author:

Culture, architecture and nature : an ecological design retrospective / Sim Van der Ryn ; edited by Richard Olsen.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
©2014

Description:

xvii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Nature's mad as hell -- "Transformation," keynote, Cascadia Green Building Council, Seattle, WA, 2009 -- Athena Award reception speech, Congress for the new urbanism, San Francisco, CA, 2008 -- Keynote, Environmental Design Research Association, Sacramento, CA, 2007 -- "Greening campuses, greening education," Los Angeles, CA, 2006 -- Further reading: The seminal books of the two-thousands and beyond -- Keynote, Solar energy association of Oregon, Twentieth Anniversary Conference, Portland, OR, 1999 -- "Healthy building," resurgence, March-April 1993 -- Keynote, First Los Angeles Ecological Cities Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, 1991 -- Presentation in dialogue with Christopher Alexander, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA, 1991 -- Further reading: The seminal books of the nineties -- "Integral design," Sausalito, CA, 1988 -- "The next urban transformation," Sausalito, CA, 1985 -- "Little America," Le Monde, 1981 -- Further reading: The seminal books of the eighties -- Bateson Building dedication, Sacramento, CA, 1979 -- "Ecotopia now: Utopia brought down to Earth," New age, 1979 -- "The coming age of natural design," L'Architecture d' Aujourd'hui, March, 1975 -- Further reading: The seminal books of the seventies -- "Building a people's park," Berkeley, CA, 1969 -- "Problems and puzzles," AIA Journal, January 1966 -- Further reading: The seminal books of the sixties.

Summary:

Gathering his most compelling essays and addresses from the last fifty years in one accessible volume, this book looks at the pioneering ideas that underpin Sim Van der Ryn's ecological design philosophy. It offers a unique decade-by-decade retrospective of the key issues in environmental design, beginning with the most recent years and looking back to the 1960s. With an introductory chapter and further recommended reading for each decade, this book is key reading for any architect or designer practising today, and students will find a wealth of knowledge with which to support their studies. The author's beautiful illustrations, painted in a corresponding timescale to the chapters, offer further insight into the way he understands the challenges of humanity's stewardship of our planet.

ISBN:

9780415839662 (hardback ; alk. paper)
0415839661 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9780415839679 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
041583967X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
(ebook)
9781315885452

Subject:

Van der Ryn, Sim Philosophy
Van der Ryn, Sim.
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Philosophy.
Arkitektur miljöaspekter.
Hållbar arkitektur.
Hållbar design.
Arkitekturteori.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 296842
Call No.: BIB 243161
Status: Available