Main entry:

Miller, David E.

Title & Author:

Toward a new regionalism : environmental architecture in the Pacific Northwest / David E. Miller.

Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2005.

Description:

xviii, 174 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 1 color map ; 26 cm

Series:

Sustainable design solutions from the Pacific Northwest

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-171) and index.
Conditions of Regionalism. The Pacific Northwest Region -- The Marine Coastal Climate -- The Northwest Style -- Sustainable Design in the Pacific Northwest: A Brief History. The Northwest Coast Native Structures -- The Arts and Crafts Period -- Early Northwest Modernists -- The Northwest School -- The Northwest Contemporary Period: The 1970s -- The 1980s to the New Millennium -- Environmental Strategies. Earth -- Fire -- Air -- Water -- Site: Building through Ecological Planning. Cedar River Watershed Education Center, King County, WA -- Vashon Island Transfer and Recycling Station, King County, WA -- Environmental Services Building, Pierce County, WA -- Maple Valley Library, Maple Valley, WA -- Light Construction: Resource-Conserving Building. Bradner Garden Community Building, Seattle, WA -- Materials Testing Facility, Vancouver, BC -- Petite Maison de Weekend Revisited -- Light and Ventilation: Climate-Responsive Enclosure. IslandWood, Bainbridge Island, WA -- Pier 56, Seattle, WA -- Telus/William Farrell Building Revitalization, Vancouver, BC -- Technology and Materials: The Integrated Future. Seattle Justice Center and Seattle Civic Center Plan, Seattle, WA -- Bainbridge Island City Hall, Bainbridge Island, WA -- Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center, Pearl District, Portland, OR -- The Brewery Blocks, Pearl District, Portland, OR -- Wieden + Kennedy Building, Pearl District, Portland, OR.

Summary:

"Pacific Northwest regionalism has consistently supported an architecture aimed at environmental needs and priorities. This book illuminates the history of a "green trail" in the work of key architects of the Northwest. It discusses environmental strategies that work in the region, organized according to nature's most basic elements - earth, air, water, and fire - and their underlying principles and forces. The book focuses on technologies, materials, and methods, with a final section that examines thirteen exceptional Northwest buildings in detail and in light of their contributions to sustainable architecture."
"Critical case studies by Northwest architects illustrate some of the best environmental design work in North America. Notable architects from Seattle, Portland, and British Columbia are included. These projects feature innovative design in water and site stewardship, intelligent technologies, passive energy strategies, ecologically sound building materials, and environmentally sensitive energy management systems."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Book review (H-Net)
Table of contents

ISBN:

0295984945 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780295984940 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Sustainable architecture Northwest, Pacific.
Architecture Environmental aspects Northwest, Pacific.
Regionalism in architecture Northwest, Pacific.
Architecture durable Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord)
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord)
Régionalisme en architecture Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord)
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Regionalism in architecture.
Sustainable architecture.
Architektur
Umweltschutz
Pacific Northwest.
USA Nordweststaaten

Added entries:

Sustainable design solutions from the Pacific Northwest.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 242127
Call No.: BIB 171929
Status: Available