Title & Author:

The British papers : current thinking on sustainable city design / [edited by Angela Brady].

Publication:

London : RIBA Publishing, [2015]
©2015

Description:

vi, 87 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Subtitle and statement of responsibility from cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
An integrated planning and design strategy for urbanising city regions in China and Asia / Paura Lee -- The electric city / Ricky Burdett and Philipp Rode -- London : the compact city / Richard Rogers -- High-speed stations : a catalyst for economic growth / Terry Farrell -- Public transport TfL sustainable urban design : public versus private transport / Robin Buckle -- The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park : promoting versus private lifestyles / Kathryn Firth -- Sustainable urban design and UK specialism / Thomas Bender -- Constructive conservation : English heritage's approach / Carol Pyrah -- History, culture and identity / Steven Bee -- What is green design? / Ken Yeang -- Prototyping innovation and new systems for sustainable architecture / Bill Dunster -- Sustainable urban design / Chris Wilinson -- Towards a low-carbon design for the Middle East / Nigel Eckersall -- Does the manic space of construction leave enough time and space for critical thinking? / Angela Brady -- Second nature urban architecture : designing the productive city / Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn -- Urban vegetation and urban air quality / A.R. MacKenzie -- The cooling effects of trees / Roland Ennos -- The trees and design action group / Sue James -- Adapting buildings and cities for climate change / Susan Roaf -- Education, research and development / Alan Penn -- Evaluating the energy performance of your property / Judit Kimpian -- Creating sustainable communities : process, place, people / Charles Compion -- Protecting the uniqueness of each city / David Twohig and Robert Tincknell -- New city : old city : a design process locked into context, community and climate / Roddy Longmuir -- The living city : the role of technology in planning, design and constructing more sustainable cities / Andrew Corner -- Low carbon and cities : the future / Simon Sturgis -- How to survive and thrive in the 21st century / Justin Bere -- A new kind of suburbia / Neil Deely -- Wilderness city / Bryan Avery -- So watt about China : the power of 7 billions watts / David Hampton -- City of shallow hollows / Owen O'Carroll.

Summary:

While the recent architectural mistakes of the western world are continuously being repeated in many developing countries - soulless, rootless, energy-guzzling buildings, built without reference to their cultural context or suitability to local climate conditions - Britain has a wealth of experts and professionals, some of whom have been brought together here, who offer a clear message about how we can learn together to build better cities to help prepare our world for a low-carbon future. In this collection of invited essays and opinions they share their ideas and provide a snapshot of current thinking and approaches to sustainable city-making in the UK.

ISBN:

9781859466032 (pbk.)
1859466036 (pbk.)

Subject:

Sustainable architecture Great Britain.
Architecture durable Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture and Planning.
Sustainable architecture.
Sustainable urban development
Great Britain.

Added entries:

Brady, Angela.
Brady, Angela editor
Royal Institute of British Architects.
Royal Institute of British Architects issuing body

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292862
Call No.: BIB 237405
Status: Available