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''Climax change!'' offers an overview of how the current environmental emergency will impact the practice of architecture. At a crossroads in which the construction sector and built environment produce nearly 40% of greenhouse gases accountable for global warming, architects are just starting to acknowledge their complicity in an impending disaster. In need of a(...)
Climax change! Architecture's paradigm shift after the ecological crisis
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''Climax change!'' offers an overview of how the current environmental emergency will impact the practice of architecture. At a crossroads in which the construction sector and built environment produce nearly 40% of greenhouse gases accountable for global warming, architects are just starting to acknowledge their complicity in an impending disaster. In need of a paradigm shift similar to that of the Modern Movement, architecture desperately requires clear guidelines and targets so as to operate its inevitable transformation towards an ecologically-friendly design logic. From historical analyses of ecocide or the environmental avant-gardes, to topics such as decarbonization, degrowth, the Great Transition and the aspirations of Green New Deals, this book features ten essays around today's climate change debates, bringing them home to architectural thinking.
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Our buildings are making us sick. Our homes, offices, factories, and dormitories are, in some sense, fresh parasites on the sacred Earth, "Nahasdzáán". In search of a better way, author Jim Kristofic journeys across the Southwest to apprentice with architects and builders who know how to make buildings that will take care of us. This is where he meets the House Gods who(...)
House gods: Sustainbable buildings and renegade builders
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Our buildings are making us sick. Our homes, offices, factories, and dormitories are, in some sense, fresh parasites on the sacred Earth, "Nahasdzáán". In search of a better way, author Jim Kristofic journeys across the Southwest to apprentice with architects and builders who know how to make buildings that will take care of us. This is where he meets the House Gods who are building to the sun so that we can live on Earth. Forever. In this publication, Kristofic pursues the techniques of sustainable building and the philosophies of its practitioners. What emerges is a strange and haunting quest through adobe mud and mayhem, encounters with shamans and stray dogs, solar panels, tragedy, and true believers. It is a story about doing something meaningful, and about the kinds of things that grow out of deep pain. One of these things is compassion--from which may come solace.
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In this volume, carbon pioneers Bruce King and Chris Magwood re-envision buildings as one of our most practical and affordable climate solutions instead of leading drivers of climate change. They provide a snapshot of a beginning and map towards a carbon-smart built environment that acts as a CO2 filter. Professional engineers, designers, and developers are invited to(...)
Build beyond zero: New ideas for carbon smart architecture
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In this volume, carbon pioneers Bruce King and Chris Magwood re-envision buildings as one of our most practical and affordable climate solutions instead of leading drivers of climate change. They provide a snapshot of a beginning and map towards a carbon-smart built environment that acts as a CO2 filter. Professional engineers, designers, and developers are invited to imagine the very real potential for our built environment to be a site of net carbon storage, a massive drawdown pool that could help to heal our climate.This book looks at the good and the bad of how we track carbon (Life Cycle Assessment), then takes a deep dive into materials (with a focus on steel and concrete) and biological architecture, and wraps up with education, policy and governance, circular economy, and where we go in the next three decades.
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Le Corbusier famously said, ''A house is a machine for living in.'' We now confront the litany of environmental challenges associated with the legacy of the architectural machine: a changing climate, massive species die-off, diminished air and water quality, and resource scarcities. Brook Muller offers an alternative: water-centric urban design that fosters(...)
Blue architecture: Water, design, and environmental futures
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Le Corbusier famously said, ''A house is a machine for living in.'' We now confront the litany of environmental challenges associated with the legacy of the architectural machine: a changing climate, massive species die-off, diminished air and water quality, and resource scarcities. Brook Muller offers an alternative: water-centric urban design that fosters sustainability, equity, and architectural creativity. Inspired by the vernacular, such as the levadas of Madeira Island and both the arid and drenched places of the American West, Muller articulates a ''hydro-logical'' philosophy in which architects and planners begin by conceptualizing interactions between existing waterways and the spaces they intend to develop. From these interactions—and the new technologies and approaches enabling them—aesthetic, spatial, and experiential opportunities follow. Not content merely to work around sensitive ecology, Muller argues for genuinely climate-adapted urban landscapes in which buildings act as ecological infrastructure that actually improve watersheds while delivering functionality and beauty for diverse communities. Rich in images and practical examples, ''Blue architecture'' will change the way we think about our designed world.
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This book, edited by Fulvio Irace, brings together for the first time the design stories and writings with which Emilio Ambasz accompanied the projects that marked the various stages of his prolific career: an anthology that puts his gentle manifesto into practice – green over gray – and where his most iconic pieces of architecture are retraced, alongside stories of(...)
Green architecture and design tales
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This book, edited by Fulvio Irace, brings together for the first time the design stories and writings with which Emilio Ambasz accompanied the projects that marked the various stages of his prolific career: an anthology that puts his gentle manifesto into practice – green over gray – and where his most iconic pieces of architecture are retraced, alongside stories of cities he has loved or dreamed of and conversations with architects and artists with whom he has established a unique relationship of elective affinities.
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Les architectures légères contemporaines explorent la modularité, la construction participative ou la miniaturisation. Elles se fondent sur la conviction que construire, en conscience, plus léger réclame moins de matière, utilise moins de ressource, produit moins de déchets, demande moins de temps de montage, nécessite moins d’espace, requiert de façon exponentielle moins(...)
L'empreinte d'un habitat : construire léger et décarboné
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Les architectures légères contemporaines explorent la modularité, la construction participative ou la miniaturisation. Elles se fondent sur la conviction que construire, en conscience, plus léger réclame moins de matière, utilise moins de ressource, produit moins de déchets, demande moins de temps de montage, nécessite moins d’espace, requiert de façon exponentielle moins d’énergie, réduit symétriquement l’empreinte carbone de la construction d’un habitat. Cette étude menée sur une trentaine de projets internationaux révèle le potentiel et la diversité des systèmes constructifs développés. Elle témoigne de la capacité de ces architectures à s’adapter aux techniques et attentes de leur temps. Chaque exploration relue dans son contexte historique à partir d’archives reflète une démarche, une technique et un mode d’habiter. Redessiné et décomposé selon un protocole développé pour cette manifestation par l’agence Philippe Rizzotti Architecte et le laboratoire IBI de l’ETH Zürich, le corpus dévoile des correspondances, des qualités partagées. Cet inventaire permet de quantifier les constructions, comparer les matériaux, analyser les assemblages et classer tout ou partie pour faire émerger des logiques adaptables demain.
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Zumtobel Group Award 2021 : Innovations for sustainability and humanity in the built environment
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The Zumtobel Group Award honours outstanding and innovative architectural and engineering performances in sustainable solutions; and pioneering social and humanitarian initiatives and research projects in the built environment that make a notable contribution to a liveable, sustainable and equitable future. The two categories of the award are buildings and urban(...)
Zumtobel Group Award 2021 : Innovations for sustainability and humanity in the built environment
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The Zumtobel Group Award honours outstanding and innovative architectural and engineering performances in sustainable solutions; and pioneering social and humanitarian initiatives and research projects in the built environment that make a notable contribution to a liveable, sustainable and equitable future. The two categories of the award are buildings and urban developments & initiative.
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Le développement durable est une notion complexe, qui considère l'environnement dans son sens large : ressources, biodiversité, alimentation, santé, risques naturels et technologiques, gestion des déchets... Quels sont les nouveaux objectifs - sans cesse précisés - à atteindre et quelles sont les réponses apportées ? Avec plus de 100 cartes et documents, l'atlas propose(...)
Atlas du développement durable, 2e édition
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Le développement durable est une notion complexe, qui considère l'environnement dans son sens large : ressources, biodiversité, alimentation, santé, risques naturels et technologiques, gestion des déchets... Quels sont les nouveaux objectifs - sans cesse précisés - à atteindre et quelles sont les réponses apportées ? Avec plus de 100 cartes et documents, l'atlas propose un éclairage sur la mise en œuvre d'un développement durable pour la planète.
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This publication presents contributions from the symposium ''Constructive Futures – Beyond Concrete'', which marked the start of the academic year 2021/2022 at the School of Architecture of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. Its aim is to explore constructive and future-oriented solutions beyond our professional comfort zones and provide(...)
Beyond concrete: Strategies for a post-fossil Baukultur
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This publication presents contributions from the symposium ''Constructive Futures – Beyond Concrete'', which marked the start of the academic year 2021/2022 at the School of Architecture of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. Its aim is to explore constructive and future-oriented solutions beyond our professional comfort zones and provide the opportunity to reflect on where the construction and planning industry currently stands. Why does a fundamental change seem inevitable? With an eye towards our limited resources, we must also rethink approaches and nurture a design culture that finds new ways to deal with building materials.
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Se ressourcer, respirer, profiter du calme serein d'un jardin ou de la fraîcheur d'une terrasse verdoyante... Qui n'a jamais rêver de vivre au vert ? Pour un changement de vie, des vacances ou un simple week-end, ces maisons de campagne, ces appartements avec des terrasses, ces cabanes en pleine nature nous ouvrent leurs portes, nous invitant à trouver les inspirations(...)
Vivre au vert : Déco au naturel, terrasses, cabanes
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Se ressourcer, respirer, profiter du calme serein d'un jardin ou de la fraîcheur d'une terrasse verdoyante... Qui n'a jamais rêver de vivre au vert ? Pour un changement de vie, des vacances ou un simple week-end, ces maisons de campagne, ces appartements avec des terrasses, ces cabanes en pleine nature nous ouvrent leurs portes, nous invitant à trouver les inspirations pour vivre au vert avec style. Couleurs, ambiances et astuces d'architectes : au fil des pages, on pioche des idées pour s'installer en beauté dans la nature ou préparer des escapades à la campagne grâce aux reportages signés Marie-Claire Maison.
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