By Preston Scott Cohen,Erika Naginski
ISBN-10: 0415897882
ISBN-13: 9780415897884
ISBN-10: 0415897890
ISBN-13: 9780415897891
The go back of Nature asks you to critique your belief of nature and your method of architectural sustainability and eco-friendly layout. What do the phrases suggest? Are they de facto layout necessities? Or are they unintentional layout replacements? The ebook is split into five parts providing you with a number of viewpoints at the position of the kin among structure, nature, know-how, and tradition. an in depth case research of a outfitted venture concludes each part that will help you translate thought into perform. This holistic technique will let you formulate your individual concept and to regulate your perform in line with your findings. Will you galvanize switch, layout structure that responds to alter, or both?
Coedited by means of an architect and a historian, the booklet positive factors new essays via Robert Levit, Catherine Ingraham, Sylvia Lavin, Barry Bergdoll, ok. Michael Hays, Diane Lewis, Andrew Payne, Mark Jarzombek, Jean-Francois Chevrier, Elizabeth Diller, Antoine Picon, and Jorge Silvetti. 5 case stories rfile the paintings of MOS Architects, Michael Bell structure, Steven Holl Architects, George L. Legendre, and Preston Scott Cohen.
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The Return of Nature: Sustaining Architecture in the Face of Sustainability by Preston Scott Cohen,Erika Naginski
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