Transnational Buildings in Local Environments

ISBN-13: 9780815398578 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 212 str.

Luciana Melchert Saguas Presas

Opis

By focusing on the skyscraping transnational building, this book bridges two key debates on the transformation and emerging problems besetting major cities - globalization and ecological and sustainable building design.

Spis treści

Contents: Overview; Globalization and the environmental transformation of metropolitan cities; The environmental restructuring of urban office buildings; The ecological modernization of transnational buildings; Amsterdam; São Paulo; Beijing; The environmental glocalization of office buildings; References; Index.

O autorze

Luciana Melchert Saguas Presas