Culture, architecture and nature : an ecological design retrospective / Sim Van der Ryn ; edited by Richard Olsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van der Ryn, Sim, author.

Contributor:

Olsen, Richard, editor.

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Environmental aspects.

Architecture.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 158 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2014.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Gathering his most compelling essays and addresses from the last fifty years in one accessible volume, this book looks at the pioneering ideas that underpin Sim Van der Ryn's ecological design philosophy. It offers a unique decade-by-decade retrospective of the key issues in environmental design, beginning with the most recent years and looking back to the 1960s. With an introductory chapter and further recommended reading for each decade, this book is key reading for any architect or designer practising today, and students will find a wealth of knowledge with which to support their studies. The author's beautiful illustrations, painted in a corresponding timescale to the chapters, offer further insight into the way he understands the challenges of humanity's stewardship of our planet"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

pt. 1. The two-thousands and beyond : a new radicalism towards the integral paradigm

pt. 2. The nineties : integrating the ecologies of nature, culture, and humans

pt. 3. The eighties : the lost decade

pt. 4. The seventies : the environmental awakening and response

pt. 5. The sixties : questioning the dominant world view, ethos, and paradigm.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 02, 2020)

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781315885452

9781134632961

9781134632893

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.