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1 online resource (184 pages) |
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FOREWORD; FROM THE AVANT-GARDE TO SUSTAINABILITY; WINNERS OF THE global award for sustainable architecture; Stefan Behnisch, Stuttgart, Germany "We try to establish modest comfort for work and living spaces."; TERRENCE DONNELLY CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH (TDCCBR), TORONTO, CANADA; Harvard's allston science complex, Harvard University, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA; IBN Institute for forestryand nature research, WAGENINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS; Balkrishna Doshi, Ahmedabad, India "My architecture is human, but devised for a specific climate." |
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SANGATH, OFFICES FOR THE VĀSTU-SHILPĀ FOUNDATION AND studio space for the architect, Ahmedabad, IndiaARANYA, PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING, MADHYA PRADESH, Indore, India; Indian Institute of management, Bangalore, India; FRANÇOISE-HÉLÈNE JOURDA, PARIS, FRANCE "We architects must finally stop wanting to build monuments!"; BOTANICAL GARDEN, BORDEAUX, FRANCE; CREATION OF A MARKETPLACE AND SURROUNDING SPACES, PLACE DU 8 MAI 1945, LYON, FRANCE; HERMANN KAUFMANN, SCHWARZACH, AUSTRIA "We're just at the beginning of a broad social and political responsibility." |
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LUDESCH COMMUNITY CENTER, VORARLBERG, AUSTRIAOLPERER SHELTER, FINKELBERG IN TYROL, AUSTRIA; ALLMEINTALWEG RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX, LUDESCH, AUSTRIA; WANG SHU, HANGZHOU, CHINA "A stone wall is like a plant. It has to grow."; CHINA ACADEMY OF ART, XIANGSHAN CAMPUS, HANGZHOU, ZHEJIANG, CHINA; FIVE SCATTERED HOUSES, MINGZHOU PARK, NINGBO, CHINA; WINNERS OF THE GLOBAL AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE 2008; FABRIZIO CAROLA, NAPLES, ITALY "Local materials and engineering define a new old ethic in architecture." |
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ELEMENTAL, SANTIAGO, CHILE "Democratic interaction produces more benefit by same investment."RESORPTION OF A SHANTYTOWN FOR 100 FAMILIES, Iquique, CHILE; LO ESPEJO-SOCIAL HOuSING PROGRAM, SANTIAGO, CHILE; RENCA NEiGHBORHOOD-REHOuSiNG PROGRAM, SANTIAGO, CHILE; Rural Studio, NEwBERN, ALABAMA, USA "Ours is a simple sustainability born of necessity."; FIRE STATION AND TOwN HALL, NEwBERN, ALABAMA, USA; AKRON boys AND GIRLS CLUB, AKRON, ALABAMA, USA; COMMUNITY CENTER/GLASS CHAPEL, MASON'S BEND, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA, USA; ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH, PERRY COUNTY, ALABAMA, USA. |
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PHILIPPE SAMYN, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM "Structure is surprisingly poetic. At any latitude."ROOF SHELTERING OF A TRAIN STATION, LEUVEN, BELGIUM; FIRE STATION, HOUTEN BUSINESS PARK, HOUTEN, THE NETHERLANDS; CARIN SMUTS, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA "Sustainability is about people."; DAWID KLAASTE CENTER, LAINGSBURG, KAROO, SOUTH AFRICA; GUGA S'THEBE-ARTS, CULTURE, AND HERITAGE VILLAGE, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA; WESBANK PRIMARY SCHOOL, WESBANK, SOUTH AFRICA; Appendix; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ABOUT THE WINNERS; ILLUSTRATION CREDITS. |
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Das Konzept der Nachhaltigkeit steht im Mittelpunkt der Entwicklung einer zukunftsfähigen Architektur. Das Buch dokumentiert das Schaffen von internationalen Architekten, die sich auf diesem Gebiet besonders ausgezeichnet haben. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Architecture -- Planning.
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Architecture -- Planning. |
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Architecture. |
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City planning.
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City planning. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Revedin, Jana, Gräfin, 1965-
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Kugler, Elizabeth.
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Print version: Contal-Chavannes, Marie-Hélène. Sustainable Design. Towards a New Ethic in Architecture and Town Planning : Towards a New Ethic in Architecture and Town Planning. Basel : De Gruyter, ©2013 9783764399382 |
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9783034608763 (electronic book) |
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3034608764 (electronic book) |
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