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Living architecture, living cities : soul-nourishing sustainability / Christopher Day and Julie Gwilliam.

Fine Arts Library NA2540 .D33 2020
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Day, Christopher, 1942- author.
Gwilliam, Julie P., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Architecture--Psychological aspects.
Architecture.
Sustainable urban development.
Physical Description:
xvii, 447 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Contents:
The environmental crisis : ecological or experiential?
Anticipating coming unknowns
Environmental impacts
Perceived reality : sensory experience
Soul and spirit nourishment
Placemaking for people
Place : identity, continuity and integrity
Design for community
Getting around cities
Connectivity
Use, space and life
Design for security
Settlement form, space and life
Design processes : how, by whom, how fast?
Economic vigour as process-driver and shaper
The primary change-driver : money
Sustainability and economics
Future climate : future issues
Design with the elements
Ecological design : energy aspects
Cyclic systems
Habitat
Bio-climatic placemaking
Design for demanding climates
Everything change : future-proofing
Material applications : eco-towns, eco-projects and eco-regeneration
New situation : new approaches
Sustainability or sustenance?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
ebook version :
ISBN:
9781138594807
1138594806
9781138594821
1138594822
OCLC:
1076437018

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