Environmentally-friendly architecture & design books

3726 books were found.

Sustainable Materials without the hot air: Making buildings, vehicles and products efficiently and with less new material

Sustainable Materials without the hot air: Making buildings,...

Author: Julian Allwood ,  Jonathan Cullen
ISBN: 9781906860301
Format: Paperback
$116.44

This optimistic and richly-informed book evaluates all the options and explains how we can greatly reduce the amount...  Read More >>

Casting Architecture: Towers

Casting Architecture: Towers

Author: Florian Schatz
ISBN: 9781941806722
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Casting Architecture: Towers proposes new strategies for creating our most striking structures.  Read More >>

Design with Climate: Bioclimatic Approach to Architectural Regionalism - New and expanded Edition

Design with Climate: Bioclimatic Approach to Architectural...

Author: Victor Olgyay ,  Donlyn Lyndon
ISBN: 9780691169736
Format: Paperback
$54.99

Architects today incorporate principles of sustainable design as a matter of necessity. But the challenge of unifying...  Read More >>

Hyperlocalization of Architecture: Contemporary Sustainable Archetypes

Hyperlocalization of Architecture: Contemporary Sustainable...

Author: Andrew Michler
ISBN: 9781938740084
Format: Hardback
$135.00

The evolution of contemporary environmental architecture has outstripped simple labels. A deeper pattern is emerging...  Read More >>

Architecture and Systems Ecology: Thermodynamic Principles of Environmental Building Design, in three parts

Architecture and Systems Ecology: Thermodynamic Principles...

Author: William W. Braham (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
ISBN: 9781138846050
Format: Hardback
$357.00

This book explores the architectural implications of systems ecology, which extends the principles of thermodynamics...  Read More >>

Architecture & Sustainability: Juan Felipe Cadavid

Architecture & Sustainability: Juan Felipe Cadavid

Author: Elena Calzada
ISBN: 9788494191510
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Bionic Architecture

Bionic Architecture

Author: Maria Rosa Cervera ,  Javier Pioz
ISBN: 9788494750465
Format: Paperback
$118.67

Bionics is a modern, interdisciplinary science that first emerged in the mid 20th century, combining the study of...  Read More >>

The Carbon Efficient City

The Carbon Efficient City

Author: Al Hurd ,  Al Hurd
ISBN: 9780295996998
Format: Hardback
$290.40

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Buildings, Resource Consumption & Occupant Behavior: Strategies for Change & the Role of Submetering

Buildings, Resource Consumption & Occupant Behavior:...

Author: Joanna Cruz
ISBN: 9781634827676
Format: Hardback
$424.32

The people who use Federal buildings Federal employees, operations and maintenance staff, and the general public...  Read More >>

healthcare OTHERWHERE. Proceedings of the 34th UIA/PHG International Seminar on Public Healthcare Facilities Durban, South Africa. August 03-07, 2014. Premium edition

healthcare OTHERWHERE. Proceedings of the 34th UIA/PHG...

Author: Romano Del Nord ,  Geoff Abbott
ISBN: 9788890787270
Format: Hardback
$103.50

"This volume documents the results of the 34th UIA/PHG International Seminar on Public Healthcare Facilities held...  Read More >>

eco-Logic: A Pictograph

eco-Logic: A Pictograph

Author: Joshua Holmes ,  Jude Michael
ISBN: 9781517433703
Format: Paperback
$42.58

The eco-Logical view of architectural expression draws on the greatness of the past to create the best possible...  Read More >>

The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience

The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban,...

Author: Toby Hemenway
ISBN: 9781603585262
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Permaculture is more than just the latest buzzword; it offers positive solutions for many of the environmental and...  Read More >>

Public Interest Design Practice Guidebook: SEED Methodology, Case Studies, and Critical Issues

Public Interest Design Practice Guidebook: SEED Methodology,...

Author: Lisa Abendroth (Metropolitan State University of Denver, Colorado, USA) ,  Bryan Bell (Design Corps, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA)
ISBN: 9781138810341
Format: Hardback
$399.00

Public Interest Design Practice Guidebook: Seed Methodology, Case Studies, and Critical Issues is the first book...  Read More >>

The EcoNest Home: Designing and Building a Light Straw Clay House

The EcoNest Home: Designing and Building a Light Straw...

Author: Paula Baker-Laporte ,  Robert Laporte
ISBN: 9780865717770
Format: Paperback
$89.99

Step-by-step instructions to build your own beautiful, environmentally friendly, healthy natural home.  Read More >>

Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs

Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs

Author: Jonathan Barnett ,  Larry Beasley
ISBN: 9781610913423
Format: Paperback
$126.00

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Hut-Topia: How to Create Sustainable Small Homes and Homesteads

Hut-Topia: How to Create Sustainable Small Homes and...

Author: Christopher James Marshall
ISBN: 9781514627082
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Hut-Topia is a place-name meaning hut for small house and utopia for ideal. You can build your own 'Hut-Topia' as...  Read More >>

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