Main entry:

Van der Ryn, Sim.

Title & Author:

Design for life : the architecture of Sim Van der Ryn / Sim Van der Ryn.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Salt Lake City : G. Smith, ©2005.

Description:

183 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Roots and seeds -- Branching out -- First generation ecological design -- Second generation ecological design -- Places of heart and spirit -- Making the great leap forward.

Summary:

"Design for Life: The Architecture of Sim Van der Ryn surveys the work and principles of Sim Van der Ryn, a world leader in the field of sustainable architecture. Sharing his years of experience as a teacher and using his building designs as examples, the author shows us that buildings are not objects but organisms, and cities are not machines but complex ecosystems."--Book jacket.

Resources:
Sample text
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
cover art
Table of contents

ISBN:

1586855301
9781586855307

Subject:

Van der Ryn, Sim.
Architects United States Biography.
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Architects.
United States.

Form/genre:

Autobiographies.
Nonfiction.
Biographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 241094
Call No.: BIB 171001
Status: Available