Buildings are for People (Paperback)

Bill Caplan

ISBN 10: 0993370616 / ISBN 13: 9780993370618

Published by Libri Publishing, Faringdon, 2016

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Paperback. In Buildingsare for People: Human Ecological Design, Bill Caplan issues a clarion callfor the design/build professions to expand their concept of sustainable designto be more inclusive of the social, as well as the physical, environment. Doingso, Caplan delivers what might be regarded by some as being nothing less than amanifesto for architects to take heed about doing a better job of interlinkingpeople with ecosystems, at what he calls the human ecological interface.Buildings, we are reminded, are much more than physical edifices that are constructed; rather, they can transformand in some cases actually create theambient surroundings that they occupy. Buildings are for People is,as its title states, above all else about our relationships to the builtenvironments we create and inhabit. It is a guidebook for achieving positivechange in the way we reconfigure our world and our place therein. As such, itshould find prominent position on the shelf beside other likeminded and worthytomes, which challenge and encourage us all to do better. A book about the relationship between architecture and the people who inhabit the buildings they design. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Buildings are for People (Paperback)
• Publisher: Libri Publishing, Faringdon
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0993370616
• ISBN 13: 9780993370618
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Buildings are for People: Human Ecological Design offers a new approach to the process of conceiving architectural design, one that considers the interactions of the built environment with people and the natural environment. The book exposes our visceral and experiential connections to buildings, and how buildings intervene directly with our ecosystem, natural environment and sense of place. It brings to light our ability to utilize a building's surfaces, shape and materiality to synergize with the energy and forces of nature for a more green and sustainable architecture. It points out many of the roadblocks to successful design including issues in education, the profession, regulation and the industry's institutions, providing an awareness that heretofore is rarely discussed. Most importantly, Buildings are for People: Human Ecological Design highlights the obvious, that buildings are built for people, a fact that seems to have been overlooked in the last half-century.

About the Author

With a passion for people-friendly design and an engineer's understanding of sustainability, Bill Caplan explored and photographed architecture on five continents from human and environmental perspectives. He devoted the past decade to reconciling the physical, sensible and operative manifestations of architecture, culminating in Buildings are for People: Human Ecological Design. Caplan’s career has evolved from founding a multi-national sensor company engaged in diverse programs from the human genome to space exploration, which he headed for 34 years, to establishing a think-tank for the built environment. He holds a Master of Architecture from Pratt Institute and a Materials Engineering degree from Cornell.