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Green Architecture Green Architecture is a term used to describe economical, energy-saving, environmentally-friendly, sustainable development. These resources explore the relationship between architecture and ecology, and show how you can use concepts of green design i
Green Building Concepts What is Green Architecture? What is Sustainable Architecture? What is Arcology? These resources provide an overview of ideas and philosophies related to sustainable development and the relationship between architecture and ecology.
Adaptive Reuse and Historic Restoration Old buildings often outlive their original purposes. [i]Adaptive Reuse[/i]is a process that adapts buildings for new uses while retaining their historic features. Follow these links to see some famous examples of adaptive re-use, and to find out how
Build With Natural Materials and Earth and Cob and Straw Build an economical, environmentally-friendly home using natural materials. These resources provide information about earth, earth bermed, straw bale, cob, and underground construction, and other varieties of ecological building materials.
The Sydney Olympic Stadium in Australia Long before the athletes arrived, architects were engaged in their own competetition on the playing field of Sydney, Australia. Their challenge: Build a stadium for the 2000 Olympics.
The Architectural Review in the Gulf - conference on Sustainable Architecture and Construction in the Middle East, Mar. 30-31, 1998
Eminent architects, designers and technical experts from around the world gathered in Abu Dhabi in the Middle East on Mar 30-31, 1998 for a conference on Sustainable Architecture and Construction. The...(Continue Reading) Sustainable design in fabric architecture: Taiyo Membrane Corporation--supporting the development of sustainable technologies.
BIG AND GREEN: TOWARD SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY Edited by David Gissen, London: Princeton Architectural Press. 2003. [pounds sterling]28 ......(Continue Reading)Green agenda - Big and Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century - Book Review
A SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD: The Promise of Ecological Design NANCY JACK TODD This is the story of the New Alchemy Institute, a pioneering, countercultural, ......(Continue Reading)Award for Sustainable Architecture: Forest Ecocentre.(Brief Article)
By Dean Hawkes, Jane McDonald and Koen Steemers. London: Spon Press. 2002. [pounds sterling]29.50 This contribution to the sustainable design of buildings ......(Continue Reading)Commendation for Sustainable Architecture: Monash Science Centre.
The airplanes that attacked the Twin Towers on September 11 unleashed forces of nature whose awesome magnitude is rarely experienced in modern cities....(Continue Reading)
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