Big and green : toward sustainable architecture in the twenty-first century / edited by David Gissen.

Title & Author:

Big and green : toward sustainable architecture in the twenty-first century / edited by David Gissen.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Princeton Architectural Press New York ; Washington, DC : National Building Museum Washington, 2003.

Description:

192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Accompanies an exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Susan Henshaw Jones -- Preface / William McDonough -- Introduction / David Gissen -- Energy -- The Air We Breathe / Guy Battle -- Light & Air -- Vertiscapes: The Skyscraper as Garden / James Wines -- Greenery, Water & Waste -- Beyond the Limits of Sustainable Architecture / Michael Braungart -- Construction -- Rethinking the Corporate Biosphere / David Serlin -- Urbanism -- Interviews: Richard Rogers, Kenneth Yeang, Robert Fox, Bruce Fowle, William Browning / Nina Rappaport -- Glossary of Terms Used in Sustainable Design / Ashok Raiji -- National Building Museum Board of Trustees.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP8.80 0.

Summary:

"Big & Green features the work of leading architects from around the world, including: Shigeru Ban, Norman Foster, MVRDV, SOM, and Moshe Safdie, among many others. Also included is a preface by architect and green design advocate William McDonaugh, a series of essays that track the history and development of new sustainable building technologies, a glossary of green design terms, and interviews with the architects Richard Rogers, Kenneth Yeang, and the partners of Fox & Fowle."--Jacket.

ISBN:

1568983611 (alk. paper)
9781568983615 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Sustainable architecture Forecasting Exhibitions.
Commercial buildings Forecasting Exhibitions.
Architecture durable Prévision Expositions.
Immeubles commerciaux Prévision Expositions.
Commercial buildings Forecasting.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Added entries:

Gissen, David.
National Building Museum (U.S.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226549
Call No.: NA2542.36 .B5 2003
Status: Available

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