Environmentally-friendly architecture & design books

3725 books were found.

Farmscape: The Design of Productive Landscapes

Farmscape: The Design of Productive Landscapes

Author: Phoebe Lickwar (University of Arkansas, USA) ,  Roxi Thoren (University of Oregon, USA)
ISBN: 9781138054653
Format: Paperback
$73.99

Farmscape: The Design of Productive Landscapes situates agriculture as a design practice, using a wide range of...  Read More >>

The Art of Classic Planning: Building Beautiful and Enduring Communities

The Art of Classic Planning: Building Beautiful and...

Author: Nir Haim Buras
ISBN: 9780674919242
Format: Hardback
$264.00

Nearly everything we treasure in the world’s most beautiful cities was built over a century ago. Yet the ideas and...  Read More >>

Farmscape: The Design of Productive Landscapes

Farmscape: The Design of Productive Landscapes

Author: Phoebe Lickwar (University of Arkansas, USA) ,  Roxi Thoren (University of Oregon, USA)
ISBN: 9781138054646
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Farmscape: The Design of Productive Landscapes situates agriculture as a design practice, using a wide range of...  Read More >>

PCM-Based Building Envelope Systems: Innovative Energy Solutions for Passive Design

PCM-Based Building Envelope Systems: Innovative Energy...

Author: Benjamin Duraković
ISBN: 9783030383343
Format: Hardback
$284.60

PCM Enhanced Building Envelopes presents the latest research in the field of thermal energy storage technologies...  Read More >>

Dense + Green Cities: Architecture as Urban Ecosystem

Dense + Green Cities: Architecture as Urban Ecosystem...

Author: Thomas Schröpfer
ISBN: 9783035615319
Format: Hardback
$155.00

In which ways does a ""green building"" contribute to the ecology of its surroundings? And how can ecologically...  Read More >>

Improving Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings and Smart Communities: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference  IEECB&SC’18

Improving Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings...

Author: Paolo Bertoldi
ISBN: 9783030314583
Format: Hardback
$388.10

These proceedings present fourteen peer-reviewed papers from the 10th International Conference on Improving Energy...  Read More >>

Design with Life: Biotech Architecture and Resilient Cities

Design with Life: Biotech Architecture and Resilient...

Author: Mitchell Joachim ,  Maria Aiolova
ISBN: 9781948765206
Format: Hardback
$79.99

In the challenging context of accelerating climate dynamics, the core discipline of architectural design is evolving...  Read More >>

Shipping Container Homes: How to Build a Shipping Container Home - Including Building Tips, Techniques, Plans, Designs, and Startling Ideas

Shipping Container Homes: How to Build a Shipping Container...

Author: Louis Meier
ISBN: 9781647482978
Format: Hardback
$79.17

As of 2016, the average home price was $356,200. How many of the younger demographic of the home buying age is having...  Read More >>

Solar Energy Conversion Systems in the Built Environment

Solar Energy Conversion Systems in the Built Environment...

Author: Ion Visa ,  Anca Duta
ISBN: 9783030348281
Format: Hardback
$362.22

This book focuses on solar energy conversion systems that can be implemented in the built environment, at building...  Read More >>

Temporary Appropriation in Cities: Human Spatialisation in Public Spaces and Community Resilience

Temporary Appropriation in Cities: Human Spatialisation...

Author: Alessandro Melis ,  Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez
ISBN: 9783030321192
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book conceptualises and illustrates temporary appropriation as an urban phenomenon, exploring its contributions...  Read More >>

Practical Self-sufficiency: The complete guide to sustainable living today

Practical Self-sufficiency: The complete guide to sustainable...

Author: Dick Strawbridge ,  James Strawbridge
ISBN: 9780241400845
Format: Hardback
$65.00

Illustrated, step-by-step projects demonstrate how to achieve a more self-sufficient life from start to finish Find...  Read More >>

High-Rise Urban Form and Microclimate: Climate-Responsive Design for Asian Mega-Cities

High-Rise Urban Form and Microclimate: Climate-Responsive...

Author: Feng Yang ,  Liang Chen
ISBN: 9789811517136
Format: Hardback
$362.22

The book comprehensively investigates the relationship between critical urban form and fabric parameters and urban...  Read More >>

Container and Modular Buildings: Construction and Design Manual

Container and Modular Buildings: Construction and Design...

Author: Cornelia Drries ,  Sarah Zahradnik
ISBN: 9783869223018
Format: Paperback
$89.99

An in-depth look at how tent cities and containers could possibly be the best short-term housing solution for displaced...  Read More >>

Shelter based on Recycling: Part of Offshore Symphony and Reconstruction of Gedser Wind Turbine

Shelter based on Recycling: Part of Offshore Symphony...

Author: Gitte Ahrenkiel ,  Gitte Ahrenkiel
ISBN: 9798608331930
Format: Paperback
$27.25

"Building your own shelter - and it was important to us - keeps costs at a low level. Recycling makes it even cheaper....  Read More >>

Elements of Sustainable Architecture

Elements of Sustainable Architecture

Author: Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez (University of Liverpool, UK) ,  Laura de la Plaza Hidalgo
ISBN: 9780815367833
Format: Paperback
$88.99

A clear, visual introduction which helps students to develop the skills they need to create aesthetically beautiful...  Read More >>

Houses: Residential Architecture and Design

Houses: Residential Architecture and Design

Author: Shaw Eugene
ISBN: 9781653586158
Format: Paperback
$79.20

CHROFI's Lune de Sang Pavilion(page 58) in northern New South Wales ispart of an intergenerational venture thatwill...  Read More >>

Bioclimatic Double-Skin Façades

Bioclimatic Double-Skin Façades

Author: Mary Ben Bonham (Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA)
ISBN: 9780415842143
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Visually enriched with over 250 photographs and drawings, Bioclimatic Double-Skin Façades is an essential reference...  Read More >>

Justice Is Beauty: MASS Design Group

Justice Is Beauty: MASS Design Group

Author: Michael Murphy ,  Alan Ricks
ISBN: 9781580935272
Format: Hardback
$79.95

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Eco-design of Buildings and Infrastructure

Eco-design of Buildings and Infrastructure

Author: Bruno Peuportier ,  Fabien Leurent
ISBN: 9780367889494
Format: Paperback
$154.00

This edited volume presents the methodological bases of ecodesign, life cycle assessments, impact studies, and methods...  Read More >>

Designing Streets for Kids

Designing Streets for Kids

Author: National Association of City Transportation Officials ,  Global Designing Cities Initiative
ISBN: 9781642830712
Format: Hardback
$121.00

Making a city that works for children creates a city that better serves all of its residents, across ages and abilities....  Read More >>

Green Buildings and Renewable Energy: Med Green Forum 2019 - Part of World Renewable Energy Congress and Network

Green Buildings and Renewable Energy: Med Green Forum...

Author: Ali Sayigh
ISBN: 9783030308407
Format: Hardback
$336.35

This book highlights selected papers presented during the bi-annual World Renewable Energy Network’s 2019 Med Green...  Read More >>

Elements of Sustainable Architecture

Elements of Sustainable Architecture

Author: Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez (University of Liverpool, UK) ,  Laura de la Plaza Hidalgo
ISBN: 9780815367826
Format: Hardback
$273.00

A clear, visual introduction which helps students to develop the skills they need to create aesthetically beautiful...  Read More >>

Critical Practices in Architecture: The Unexamined

Critical Practices in Architecture: The Unexamined

Author: Jonathan Bean ,  Susannah Dickinson
ISBN: 9781527541931
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This book embraces the idea that in today's complex world, multiple, emerging perspectives are critical to the design...  Read More >>

NatureStructure: Infrastructure for Nature

NatureStructure: Infrastructure for Nature

Author: Scott Burnham
ISBN: 9781945971051
Format: Paperback
$26.27

As cities reckon with the impact of a changing climate and activities that have created ecological change go unabated,...  Read More >>

The Power of Existing Buildings: Save Money, Improve Health, and Reduce Environmental Impacts

The Power of Existing Buildings: Save Money, Improve...

Author: Robert Sroufe ,  Craig Stevenson
ISBN: 9781642830507
Format: Paperback
$72.99

A fresh approach to greening existing buildings that will give readers an actionable guide.  Read More >>

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