Green: Architecture Now! (Multilingual, German and French Edition)

Jodidio, Philip

ISBN 10: 3836503727 ISBN 13: 9783836503723

Publisher: TASCHEN, 2009

Synopsis

<div class="margin-bottom" id="description_text_headlines"><div><strong>How green is your blueprint?: Architecture as sustainable technology</strong></div><div>&#160;</div></div><div class="description_text"><div class="margin-bottom" id="description_text">The ecological impact of new construction, once a secondary concern, has become a crucial issue. Badly designed buildings guzzle natural resources and pollute their surroundings; in an era of rocketing energy costs and environmental degradation, the need for a sustainable, energy-efficient architecture is paramount. This book features the architects, artists and firms pioneering a new green architecture, and examines the emergent esthetics.<br><br><strong>Featured architects and practices:</strong><br>Adjaye Associates, Agence Babylone, Tadao Ando, Shigeru Ban, Barlindhaug Consult AS, Barton Willmore, Patrick Blanc, Vincent Callebaut Architecture, Cepezed, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Vladimir Djurovic, Dennis Dollens, Ecosistema Urbano, EDAW, Fearon Hay, Foster + Partners, Peter Gluck, Monika Gogl, Zaha Hadid, Herbst Architects, Anna Heringer and Eike Roswag, David Hertz, Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden, Chris Jacobs, Kempe Thill, KieranTimberlake, Rafael de La-Hoz, Michael B. Lehrer, MIII architects, Marchi Architectes, Morphosis, Alberto Moz&#243;, Manfredi Nicoletti, Office dA, Sergio Palleroni, Renzo Piano, Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter, Philippe Rahm, Rau, Michael Reynolds, Roswag &#38; Jankowski, Rural Studio Hiroshi Sambuichi, SITE, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Ken Smith Landscape Architect, Germ&#225;n del Sol, Werner Sobek, studio tamassociati, Chris Tate, Matteo Thun, TNA, UNStudio, Michael Van Valkenburgh, Weiss/Manfredi, wHY Architecture, Ken Yeang, Zoka Zola</div><div class="margin-bottom">&#160;</div><div class="margin-bottom">Text in English, French, and German</div></div>

About this title

About the Author

Philip Jodidio (born 1954) studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His books include TASCHEN’s Architecture Now! series, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid. He is internationally renowned as one of the most popular writers on the subject of architecture.

Edition details

• Publisher: TASCHEN
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: Multiple languages
• ISBN 10: 3836503727
• ISBN 13: 9783836503723
• Binding: Vinyl Bound
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416