Sustainable design : towards a new ethic in architecture and town planning / by Marie-Helene Contal, Jana Revedin ; translated by Elizabeth Kugler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Contal, Marie-Hélène.

Contributor:

Revedin, Jana, Gräfin, 1965-

ProQuest ebook central.

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (Paris, France)--Awards.

Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (Paris, France).

Sustainable architecture.

Sustainable urban development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 pages) : illustrations (some color

Place of Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, 2009.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Foreword / Thomas Herzog

From the avant-garde to sustainability / Jana Revedin

Winners of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2008 : Stefan Behnisch, Stuttgart, Germany : Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular REsearch (TDCCBR), Toronto ; Harvard's Allston Science Complex, Harvard University, Cambridge ; IBN Institute for Forestry and Nature Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Balkrishna Doshi, Ahmedabad, India : Sangath, offices for the Vāstu-Shilpā Foundation and studio space for the architect, Ahmedabad, India ; Aranya, program for low-income housing Madhya Pradesh, Indore, India ; Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India

Françoise-Héléne Jourda, Paris France : Botanical Garden, Bordeaux, France ; Creation of a marketplace and surrounding spaces, Place du 8 Mai 1945, Lyon, France

Hermann Kaufmann, Schwarzach, Austria : Ludesch Community Center, Vorarlberg, Austria ; Olperer Shelter, Finkelberg in Tyrol, Austria ; Allmeintalweg residential complex, Ludesch, Austria

Wang Shu, Hangzhou, China : China Academy of Art, Xiangshan Campus, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China ; Five scattered houses, Mingzhou Park, Ningbo, China

Winners of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2008 : Fabrizio Carola, Naples, Italy : Hotel Kambary, Bandiagara, Mali ; Regional Center for Traditional Medicine, Bandiagara, Mali ; Cultural and Social Center, Bandiagara, Mali

Elemental, Santiago, Chile : REsorption of a shantytown for 100 families, Iquique, Chile ; Lo Espejo-Social Housing Program, Santiago, Chile ; Renca neighborhood-rehousing program, Santiago, Chile

Rural Studio, Newbern, Alabama, USA : Fire station and town hall, Newbern, Alabama ; Akron Boys and Girls Club, Akron, Alabama ; Community Center/Glass Chapel, Mason's Bend, Hale County, Alabama ; Antioch Baptist Church, Perry County, Alabama

Philippe Samyn, Brussels, Belgium : Roof sheltering of a train station, Leuven, Belgium ; Fire station, Houten Business Park, Houten, The Netherlands

Carin Smuts, Cape Town, South Africa : Dawid Klaaste Center, Laingsburg, Karoo, South Africa ; Guga S'Thebe: Arts, Culture, and Heritage Village, Cape Town, South Africa ; Wesbank Primary School, Wesbank, South Africa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Other Format:

Online version: Contal, Marie-Hélène. Sustainable design.

Online version: Contal, Marie-Hélène. Sustainable design.

ISBN:

9783034608763

3034608764

Publisher Number:

99984025999

12231461

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.