From the ground up : innovative green homes / edited by Peggy Tully ; with essays by Mark Robbins, Michael Sorkin, Susan Henderson ; photographs by Richard Barnes.

Title & Author:

From the ground up : innovative green homes / edited by Peggy Tully ; with essays by Mark Robbins, Michael Sorkin, Susan Henderson ; photographs by Richard Barnes.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Description:

158 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

New city books series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Architecture of the Present / Mark Robbins -- The Resilient Community / Susan Henderson -- The State of the House / Michael Sorkin -- R-House / Architecture Research Office and Della Valle Bernheimer -- Live/Work/Home / Cook + Fox Architects -- TED House / Onion Flats -- Asymmetric House / Adjaye / Associates -- Insular House / Office dA and Studio Himma -- Otisco House / do-it-together -- Lumen-Air House / Erdy McHenry Architecture and Stenson-Building + Furniture Design -- Sketchpads -- Notes on Contributors -- Illustration Credits.

Summary:

"From the Ground Up...presents the results of an international design competition to create new models for affordable high-performance green homes in urban residential neighborhoods. Developed for vacant infill sites in the Near Westside neighborhood of Syracuse, New York, these single-family houses were designed to be energy- and cost-efficient, as well as sensitive to the scale and fabric of the community."--Back cover.

ISBN:

9781616890926 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
1616890924 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Ecological houses.
Architecture, Domestic Environmental aspects.
Sustainable architecture.
Maisons écologiques.
Architecture durable.

Added entries:

Tully, Peggy.
Robbins, Mark, 1956-
Sorkin, Michael, 1948-2020.
Henderson, Susan M.
New city books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280153
Call No.: BIB 216643
Status: Available

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