Sustainable Design - Towards a New Ethic in Architecture and Town Planning. With a foreword by Thomas Herzog

Sustainability is pivotal to developing an architecture capable of meeting the challenges of the future. This book shows the work of international architects who have excelled in this area.

List of contents

Foreword
by Renzo Piano

 
From Avantgarde to Sustainability
Introduction by Jana Revedin
 

The Nominees of 2007

Stefan Behnisch, Germany

Balkrishna Doshi, India

Françoise-Hélène Jourda, France

Herman Kaufmann, Austria

Wang Shu, China

 
The Nominees of 2008

Philippe Samyn, Belgium

Carin Smuts, South Africa

Rural Studios, USA

Fabrizio Caròla, Italy and Mali

Elemental, Chile

 
Index

Illustration Credits

Product details

• Authors: Marie-Helene Contal, Marie-Hélène Contal-Chavannes, Jana Revedin
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Berlin
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9783764399382
• ISBN: 978-3-7643-9938-2
• No. of pages: 179
• Weight: 948 g
• Illustrations: 120 b/w and 140 col. ill.
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture