Main entry:

Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment.

Title & Author:

Green living : architecture and planning / the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 2010.

Description:

208 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
"Originally published in the United Kingdom as "Tradition & sustainability" in 2010 by Compendium Publishing"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / by HRH the Prince of Wales -- Sustainability and tradition : two sides of the coin / Hank Dittmar -- Ten thousand years of building : history is in our future / Bruce King -- Living traditions and the original green / Stephen Mouzon -- Tradition and innovation in green architecture and urbanism / James Steele -- The four greens / Andrés Duany -- Bodies and buildings : microcosm and macrocosm in traditional architecture and urbanism / David Mayernik -- Sustainable refurbishment : a key component of the built heritage / Tim Yates -- Environmental priorities and traditional ways of building / Norman Crowe -- Cultural sustainability and the renewal of tradition / Victor Deupi -- Our health in response to the built environment / June Tester and Richard Jackson -- The road to the natural house / James Hulme -- Afterword : the green tradition : innovating the future / Barbara Kenda -- The contributors -- Image credits -- Index.

Summary:

A collection of essays in which twelve experts in green architecture and urbanism share their thoughts on the clash between perceptions of sustainable housing and the desire for traditional homes and offices, and possible solutions to the problem.

ISBN:

9780847833108 (hc.)
0847833100 (hc.)

Subject:

Sustainable architecture.
Architecture and energy conservation.
Sustainable living.
Architecture durable.
Architecture et économies d'énergie.
Style de vie durable.
energy efficient buildings.
Architektur.
Energieeinsparung.
Nachhaltigkeit.
Großbritannien.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 268059
Call No.: BIB 199965
Status: Available