Ecocities Illustrated: the easily built visionary future of Richard Register
ISBN: 9780692747520 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richard Register has been pioneering city design in easily accessible imagery for over forty years and it's all here in his collection of imagery produced over all that time. Ecocities Illustrated represents the very early yet most advanced visual interpretations of "green" or "eco"-cities around. Reader/viewers can see in colorful imagery how cities can be laid out and designed, connected to transport, energy, food and nature here, probably better than anywhere else, in playful drawings that are in dead earnest about the future of cities and the health of the planet.
Richard Register has been pioneering city design in easily accessible imagery for over forty years and it's all here in his collection of imagery prod...
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158,16 zł |
Practical Greening, the Bottom Line on Sustainable Property Development, Investment and Financing
ISBN: 9781936343058 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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144,41 zł |
House Rating Schemes: From Energy to Comfort Base
ISBN: 9783642157899 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written for students, architects and researchers, this volume reviews the current House Rating Schemes (HRS) used in countries across the globe. The text explores various approaches for rating buildings on the basis of different indexes, with implications for both energy efficiency and thermal comfort.
Written for students, architects and researchers, this volume reviews the current House Rating Schemes (HRS) used in countries across the globe. The t...
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389,09 zł |
Design for a Vulnerable Planet
ISBN: 9780292723856 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We inhabit a vulnerable planet. The devastation caused by natural disasters such as the southern Asian tsunami, Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, and the earthquakes in China's Sichuan province, Haiti, and Chile--as well as the ongoing depletion and degradation of the world's natural resources caused by a burgeoning human population--have made it clear that "business as usual" is no longer sustainable. We need to find ways to improve how we live on this planet while minimizing our impact on it. Design for a Vulnerable Planet sounds a call for designers and planners to go beyond... We inhabit a vulnerable planet. The devastation caused by natural disasters such as the southern Asian tsunami, Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, and the... |
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201,50 zł |
Ecology and the Architectural Imagination
ISBN: 9780415622745 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By including ecological concerns in the design process from the outset, architecture can enhance life. Author Brook Muller understands how a designer s predispositions and poetic judgement in dealing with complex and dynamic ecological systems impact the "greenness" of built outcomes. "Ecology and the Architectural Imagination "offers a series of speculations on architectural possibility when ecology is embedded from conceptual phases onward, how notions of function and structure of ecosystems can inspire ideas of architectural space making and order, and how the architect s role and... By including ecological concerns in the design process from the outset, architecture can enhance life. Author Brook Muller understands how a design... |
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856,36 zł |
Ecology and the Architectural Imagination
ISBN: 9780415622752 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By including ecological concerns in the design process from the outset, architecture can enhance life. Author Brook Muller understands how a designer's predispositions and poetic judgement in dealing with complex and dynamic ecological systems impact the "greenness" of built outcomes. Ecology and the Architectural Imagination offers a series of speculations on architectural possibility when ecology is embedded from conceptual phases onward, how notions of function and structure of ecosystems can inspire ideas of architectural space making and order, and how the architect's role and... By including ecological concerns in the design process from the outset, architecture can enhance life. Author Brook Muller understands how a design... |
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246,78 zł |
Sustainable Museums: Strategies for the 21st Century
ISBN: 9781907697098 / Angielski / Miękka / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How can museums remain resilient in uncertain times? How can they thrive under changing economic, legislative and cultural conditions? In Sustainable Museums: Strategies for the 21st Century, museum sustainability expert Rachel Madan covers new territory for any museum that is interested in becoming more sustainable. This is not a book about changing light bulbs... Sustainable Museums provides a system enabling you to start making changes that are both transformational and lasting. It will help you create a museum that is resilient, confident and secure in its sustainability approach. (And as...
How can museums remain resilient in uncertain times? How can they thrive under changing economic, legislative and cultural conditions? In Sustainable ...
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429,14 zł |
Grner Wohnen. Green Living: Zeitgenssische Deutsche Landschaftsarchitektur / Contemporary German Landscape Architecture
ISBN: 9783034607551 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der Band der Reihe zur zeitgenossischen Landschaftsarchitektur behandelt die Steigerung der Lebensqualitat durch die planerische Aufwertung des Wohnumfeldes und hohere Qualitat des offentlichen Raumes. In einer erneuerten Gestaltung und uberarbeitetem Aufbau zeigen die Beitrage und Projektdarstellungen des Buches, mit welchen Strategien die Profession den neuen Herausforderungen begegnet. Der Band der Reihe zur zeitgenossischen Landschaftsarchitektur behandelt die Steigerung der Lebensqualitat durch die planerische Aufwertung des Woh... |
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130,25 zł |
Japan's Clay Walls: A Glimpse Into Their Plaster Craft
ISBN: 9781442145368 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Earthen walls have always been a part of Japanese culture. Due to habits of aesthetic interpretation, few people realize that all of Japan's castles, temples and tea houses are maintained using their traditional methods. Clay, sand, straw and other natural fibers, seaweed, wood and bamboo. These natural materials are used to make the Japanese earthen wall. Along with a wide variety of makes and models of trowels, extensive time-tested techniques are used to create beautifully appealing atmospheres out of earth. These can be incorporated into todays world-wide green and natural building...
Earthen walls have always been a part of Japanese culture. Due to habits of aesthetic interpretation, few people realize that all of Japan's castles, ...
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90,41 zł |
Architecture for Rapid Change and Scarce Resources
ISBN: 9781849711159 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Architects, development practitioners and designers are working in a global environment and issues such as environmental and cultural sustainability matter more than ever. This book explores what it means for development practitioners to practice architecture on a global scale and provides a blueprint for developing architectural practices.
Architects, development practitioners and designers are working in a global environment and issues such as environmental and cultural sustainability m...
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881,54 zł |
Eco-House Renovations: 45 Green Home Conversions
ISBN: 9780764339295 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether you live in a town house, a village colonial, a country barn, or a coastal saltbox, you can convert your old house into an ecologically sound new house. This design book provides inspiration for aesthetically pleasing and practical renovations that can change the environment one house at a time. Starting with a section on basic planning, this guide walks you through some major considerations necessary to the success of an eco-renovation. Tour 45 projects around the country, including homes that have been reconfigured, renovated, added to, or otherwise redone to address everything from...
Whether you live in a town house, a village colonial, a country barn, or a coastal saltbox, you can convert your old house into an ecologically sound ...
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231,67 zł |
Designing for Zero Waste : Consumption, Technologies and the Built Environment
ISBN: 9781849714341 / Angielski / Twarda / 418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Designing for Zero Waste is a timely, topical and necessary publication. Materials and resources are being depleted at an accelerating speed and rising consumption trends across the globe have placed material efficiency, waste reduction and recycling at the centre of many government policy agendas, giving them an unprecedented urgency. While there has been a considerable literature addressing consumption and waste reduction from different disciplinary perspectives, the complex nature of the problem requires an increasing degree of interdisciplinarity. Resource recovery and the optimisation...
"Designing for Zero Waste is a timely, topical and necessary publication. Materials and resources are being depleted at an accelerating speed and risi...
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805,98 zł |
Building Systems Integration for Enhanced Environmental Performance
ISBN: 9781604270150 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book addresses sustainability in building design through development of a series of examples presented as three dimensional models of well integrated building systems.
This book addresses sustainability in building design through development of a series of examples presented as three dimensional models of well integr...
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408,29 zł |
A Green Vitruvius : Principles and Practice of Sustainable Architectural Design
ISBN: 9781849713115 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides an introduction to sustainable architectural design suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. This title emphasises the importance of location specific architecture that responds to local climate conditions and uses local materials, as well as offering architectural quality with more natural and fewer artificial inputs.
Provides an introduction to sustainable architectural design suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. This title emphasises the impor...
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856,36 zł |
Designing the Sustainable Site: Integrated Design Strategies for Small-Scale Sites and Residential Landscapes
ISBN: 9780470900093 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The full-color, practical guide to designing sustainable residential landscapes and small-scale sites "Going green" is no longer a choice; it's a necessity. Developed landscapes have played a significant role in exacerbating the environmental and social problems that threaten humanity; however, they can also be part of the solution. Designing the Sustainable Site: Integrated Design Strategies for Small-Scale Sites and Residential Landscapes gives site designers and landscape architects the tools and information they need to become a driving force in the quest for... The full-color, practical guide to designing sustainable residential landscapes and small-scale sites "Going green" is no longer a choice... |
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296,68 zł |
How to build a HEMP HOUSE
ISBN: 9781453749661 / Angielski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you want a breathable, natural and sustainable environmentally friendly home - then this is the book for you. This book shows you exactly how, and why and how you should build a house of hemp. Building with hemp is affordable, sustainable and environmentally friendly in all ways. Hemp walls waterproof, fireproof, rodent proof and maybe council approved. Because the building process is so simple by (optionally) growing your own hemp you may build on the same piece of land. No heavy machinery is required to process hemp. Building with hemp is not new. There is a 300 year old house in Japan...
If you want a breathable, natural and sustainable environmentally friendly home - then this is the book for you. This book shows you exactly how, and ...
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167,25 zł |
Vastu Architecture: Design Theory and Application for Everyday Life
ISBN: 9781456491789 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book about the science of Vastu was written as a simple and clear, yet detailed exposition on the knowledge and basic technical applications for the design of secular Vastu buildings - such as homes and offices. 'Vastu Architecture' provides the reader with a nuts and bolts explanation of how to create a solid structure that is in resonance with Earth, Cosmic and Divine energies. Being a fully illustrated book, with around 100 simple, clear and easy to interpret drawings; the book is very accessible to a general audience and does not require any background knowledge in architectural...
This book about the science of Vastu was written as a simple and clear, yet detailed exposition on the knowledge and basic technical applications for ...
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178,55 zł |
William's PDC: A Permaculture Design Course
ISBN: 9781466441644 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An entire Permaculture Design Course in a book, perfect as a text book for a PDC class or for the self taught home learner.
An entire Permaculture Design Course in a book, perfect as a text book for a PDC class or for the self taught home learner.
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99,90 zł |
The Shape of Green: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design
ISBN: 9781610910316 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Does going green change the face of design or only its content? The first book to outline principles for the aesthetics of sustainable design, The Shape of Green argues that beauty is inherent to sustainability, for how things look and feel is as important as how they're made. In addition to examining what makes something attractive or emotionally pleasing, Hosey connects these questions with practical design challenges. Can the shape of a car make it more aerodynamic and more attractive at the same time? Could buildings be constructed of porous materials that simultaneously... Does going green change the face of design or only its content? The first book to outline principles for the aesthetics of sustainable design, T... |
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275,73 zł |
Ecological Urban Architecture: Qualitative Approaches to Sustainability
ISBN: 9783034608008 / Angielski / Twarda / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The goal of advancing eco cities often remains confined to political or technological issues. This book establishes a focus on architectural and infrastructural design approaches to sustainable urban development. "The goal of advancing eco cities often remains confined to political or technological issues. This book establishes a focus on architectural and in... |
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260,73 zł |