Design Ecologies: Sustainable Potentials in Architecture: Essays on the Nature of Design

by Bruce Mau, David Gissen, François Roche, et al.

Contemporary architects are under increasing pressure to offer a sustainable future. But with all the focus on green building, there has been little investigation into the meaningful connections between architectural design, ecological systems, and sustainability. A new generation of architects and engineers aims to recast the green movement for the twenty-first century and transform design into a positive agent by balancing the societal needs of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568987838
• ISBN13: 9781568987835
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"