Energy and Beauty: Architecture after Sustainability

By simone giostra

Energy efficiency is often at odds with aesthetics and with architectural extravagance. Architects are under pressure to reduce energy consumption and conserve depleting natural resources, yet the projects they aspire to build--the ones that dominate the covers of design magazines--remain as opulent and extravagant as ever. This publication explores the tension between those two objectives (the dichotomy between beauty and utility) -- and shows options for reconciliation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303563176X
• ISBN13: 9783035631760
• Release Date: February 2027
• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Length: 288 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 2.0" x 6.7"