Sustainable Architecture: Low Tech Houses

By Josep Ma Minguet, Carles Broto, Arian Mostaedi

Book Overview

Non-renewable and increasingly scarce natural resources have necessitated aotally new approach to the use of building materials. This book looks atnterprising contemporary architects who have realized this, and are creatingnnovative designs that take into account the use of alternative energies,daptation to climatic factors, vegetation and recycling. This book argueshat these designs represent a return to nature and a respect for the balancef the ecosystem. Each proposal is accompanied by a large number ofhotographs, construction details and plans.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8489861781
• ISBN13: 9788489861787
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: UNKNO
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 2.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.3" x 0.8" x 9.8"