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The first world atlas ever compiled on vernacular architecture, this comprehensive work illustrates the variety and ingenuity of the world’s vernacular building traditions from a multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural and comparative approach, using over sixty world and regional maps. Mapping such diverse aspects as materials and resources, technologies, structural(...)
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mars 2007, Abingdon, New York
Atlas of vernacular architecture of the world
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The first world atlas ever compiled on vernacular architecture, this comprehensive work illustrates the variety and ingenuity of the world’s vernacular building traditions from a multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural and comparative approach, using over sixty world and regional maps. Mapping such diverse aspects as materials and resources, technologies, structural systems, symbolism, forms and service systems on a cross-cultural and comparative basis, the "Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World" reveals the distribution, diversity and relationships of the world’s vernacular building traditions. Indicating geographical patterns, developments, lacunae and anomalies, it gives rise to new insights and understandings, stimulating new hypotheses, questions and research efforts. Augmenting the award-winning Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, the "Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World" constitutes a unique and unparalleled resource for anyone involved in the growing field of vernacular architecture studies, including architects, geographers, art historians, planners, folklorists, conservationists, builders, and anthropologists as well as being of use to all those working in the fields of heritage conservation, architecture, regeneration, energy efficient building, resources management, development and sustainability.
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Climateskin
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The facade plays a critical role in the conception of energy- and climate-optimized buildings: it is the building’s skin and functions as an interface between interior and exterior space. It provides thermal and sound insulation and ventilation, and controls and guides the entrance of daylight into the building. Climate Skin offers concrete planning advice for(...)
Architecture écologique
novembre 2007, Basel, Boston, Berlin
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The facade plays a critical role in the conception of energy- and climate-optimized buildings: it is the building’s skin and functions as an interface between interior and exterior space. It provides thermal and sound insulation and ventilation, and controls and guides the entrance of daylight into the building. Climate Skin offers concrete planning advice for architects and engineers who wish to exploit not only the architectural potential of facades but also their energy and climate-control possibilities, treating the building envelope as an essential component within a complete climate-control and technology solution. It provides a solid foundation of knowledge that equips the reader to make competent technical and economic evaluations of building envelopes. For everyone concerned with facades, Climate Skin is a comprehensive planning handbook and reference work that covers all of the relevant technical and physical aspects of the design and detailed planning of energy-efficient facades.
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Yourtes et tipis
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«Yourtes et tipis» entraîne le lecteur au royaume de l'enfance et de l'imagination créatrice. Dans le sillage des hardis cavaliers mongols et des intrépides amérindiens des plaines d'Amérique c'est un magnifique voyage parmi ces peuples nomades que ce livre propose. Leur habitat, qui sait allier confort et légèreté, sécurité et mobilité dans une recherche de beauté et(...)
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«Yourtes et tipis» entraîne le lecteur au royaume de l'enfance et de l'imagination créatrice. Dans le sillage des hardis cavaliers mongols et des intrépides amérindiens des plaines d'Amérique c'est un magnifique voyage parmi ces peuples nomades que ce livre propose. Leur habitat, qui sait allier confort et légèreté, sécurité et mobilité dans une recherche de beauté et d'harmonie avec la nature, est particulièrement présenté ici. Les yourtes d'Asie centrale et de Mongolie, ou les tipis d'Amérique du Nord permettent de multiples variations. Ils peuvent offrir un abri saisonnier le temps d'une immersion en pleine nature, devenir une annexe indépendante de la maison pour recevoir des amis ou pour soi-même, se transformer en lieux de rencontres et de créations artistiques. Nous avons laissé la parole à ceux qui ont ainsi adopté et adapté yourtes et tipis : fabricants, organisateurs de vacances ou de campements, artistes ou simples particuliers. Leur expérience et leurs témoignages en inciteront peut-être d'autres à se familiariser avec cet habitat et à comprendre l'âme nomade.
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Paul Hawken, the entrepreneur behind the Smith & Hawken gardening supplies empire, is no ordinary capitalist. Drawing as much on Baba Ram Dass and Vaclav Havel as he does on Peter Drucker and WalMart for his case studies, Hawken is on a one-man crusade to reform our economic system by demanding that First World businesses reduce their consumption of energy and resources(...)
The ecology of commerce : a declaration of sustainability
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Paul Hawken, the entrepreneur behind the Smith & Hawken gardening supplies empire, is no ordinary capitalist. Drawing as much on Baba Ram Dass and Vaclav Havel as he does on Peter Drucker and WalMart for his case studies, Hawken is on a one-man crusade to reform our economic system by demanding that First World businesses reduce their consumption of energy and resources by 80 percent in the next 50 years. As if that weren't enough, Hawken argues that business goals should be redefined to embrace such fuzzy categories as whether the work is aesthetically pleasing and the employees are having fun; this applies to corporate giants and mom-and-pop operations alike. He proposes a culture of business in which the real world, the natural world, is allowed to flourish as well, and in which the planet's needs are addressed. Wall Street may not be ready for Hawken's provocative brand of environmental awareness, but this fine book is full of captivating ideas.
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La Bambouseraie
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Au XIXe siècle, le bambou est inconnu en Europe. Eugène Mazel, qui fait commerce des épices, s'installe en 1856, il y a 150 ans, à Générargues, au pied des Cévennes, à quelques kilomètres d'Anduze. Dans le vallon encaissé dont il vient de faire l'acquisition, il introduit les premiers plans de bambous. A l'automne 1902, Gaston Nègre rachète le domaine. Il restaure,(...)
La Bambouseraie
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Au XIXe siècle, le bambou est inconnu en Europe. Eugène Mazel, qui fait commerce des épices, s'installe en 1856, il y a 150 ans, à Générargues, au pied des Cévennes, à quelques kilomètres d'Anduze. Dans le vallon encaissé dont il vient de faire l'acquisition, il introduit les premiers plans de bambous. A l'automne 1902, Gaston Nègre rachète le domaine. Il restaure, plante, construit, aménage, enrichit les collections botaniques, Aujourd'hui, plus de 200 espèces de bambous sont offerts à la curiosité des visiteurs. La Bambouseraie est un chant intemporel, universel, qui immerge le promeneur dans un monde de calme et de sérénité. Un lieu lumineux, léger, aérien qui accueille plus de 300 000 visiteurs par an.
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Dump or rich source – the "free materials" discovered on the street, on wasteland and on building site rubbish dumps and recycled by Martin Kaltwasser and Folke Köbberling experience incredible metamorphoses. Pavilions, villages of huts and even whole houses are appearing over night. Since 2002 the artists have been using public space as their field of experiment in(...)
Architecture écologique
mars 2007, Berlin
Ressource stadt/City as a resource : one man's trash is another man's treasure
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Dump or rich source – the "free materials" discovered on the street, on wasteland and on building site rubbish dumps and recycled by Martin Kaltwasser and Folke Köbberling experience incredible metamorphoses. Pavilions, villages of huts and even whole houses are appearing over night. Since 2002 the artists have been using public space as their field of experiment in projects on the use of (free) resources. In installations, exhibitions and most frequently, in actual interventions they question the conditions of urban life determined by privatisation and economisation. Through realised projects the book reveals simple ways of livening up and re-appropriating the " City as a Resource" and thus offers new components in an alternative to conventional urban planning. Köbberling and Kaltwasser propose informal and self-organised structures rather than the usual methods emphasising control, security and as much marketing as possible. Their approach demonstrates that often – with the help of their own clever building logistics – a huge impact may be made with a minimum of financing.
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Dwellings
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More than 90 per cent of the world's buildings, including some 800 million homes, constitute architecture of ordinary people. "Dwellings" is about the vast range of types of vernacular houses around the world. It documents the form of traditional buildings that are self-built by their owner-occupiers or built by members of a community, recording the means of construction(...)
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More than 90 per cent of the world's buildings, including some 800 million homes, constitute architecture of ordinary people. "Dwellings" is about the vast range of types of vernacular houses around the world. It documents the form of traditional buildings that are self-built by their owner-occupiers or built by members of a community, recording the means of construction and decoration of the house across a spectrum of different cultures. First published by Phaidon in 1987, Dwellings - in its new updated, revised and expanded format - assimilates new scholarship in the field, including the author's own research, and traces theoretical developments in the spheres of cultural geography, gender studies, sociology and anthropology. It is not only a reference work on domestic buildings, but also a useful survey for understanding how diverse communities cope with issues of climate, migration, mass development and, in turn, how this brings to life symbolic and cultural meaning in architecture.
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Off the Grid confronts the ecological and cultural problems associated with the way we get and use energy, and explains how it is possible to live in a beautifully designed home using much less--no matter where your home is located. Our homes are connected by a nearly invisible grid of infrastructure that binds us together. It is a system of electrical poles, wire,(...)
Modern homes + alternative energy
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Off the Grid confronts the ecological and cultural problems associated with the way we get and use energy, and explains how it is possible to live in a beautifully designed home using much less--no matter where your home is located. Our homes are connected by a nearly invisible grid of infrastructure that binds us together. It is a system of electrical poles, wire, substations, hydroelectric dams, telecommunication towers, and water extraction and sewage systems. From within this system we work, play, and raise families. We have also created one of the greatest environmental challenges known to modern civilization. The signs of our impact upon the world can be recognized in the reports of environmental changes occurring across the earth, and they can also be seen in the growing failures of the energy grids across the world as the current system is stressed beyond its capacity.
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novembre 2005, Layton
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"Off the grid homes" looks at six contemporary architectural projects that integrate alternative technologies for generating and conserving energy. Being off the grid can refer to many different aspects of energy and resource independence, from rainwater collection, to photovoltaic (PV) systems, to gray-water systems and more. Diagrams and clear explanations of(...)
Off the grid homes : case studies for sustainable living
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"Off the grid homes" looks at six contemporary architectural projects that integrate alternative technologies for generating and conserving energy. Being off the grid can refer to many different aspects of energy and resource independence, from rainwater collection, to photovoltaic (PV) systems, to gray-water systems and more. Diagrams and clear explanations of technologies and their appropriate applications are provided alongside the case studies that explain just how the technologies work and how they may best be applied to each individual situation.
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avril 2007, Layton
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Is there a greener gender ? Studies show that women are more likely than men to support environmental causes through voting, activism, and consumer choices. What are the implications for the disign industry ? Does sustainable design have special appeal for women, and do they in turn offer something unique to the field ? In Women in Green : Voices of Sustainable Design,(...)
Architecture écologique
mai 2007, Bainbridge Island
Women in green : voices of sustainable design
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Is there a greener gender ? Studies show that women are more likely than men to support environmental causes through voting, activism, and consumer choices. What are the implications for the disign industry ? Does sustainable design have special appeal for women, and do they in turn offer something unique to the field ? In Women in Green : Voices of Sustainable Design, Kira Gould and Lance Hosey explore these questions through informal conversations with architects, designers, consultants, policymakers, educators, and students. What they find is that women may be changing how we all see our world and our work.
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mai 2007, Bainbridge Island
Architecture écologique