Sustainability and the Built-Environment | Roots, Origins and Lessons Learned From The Vernacular Architecture of the Mediterranean

Saif Al Kaabi (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3659150894 / ISBN 13: 9783659150890

Published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2017

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Sustainability and the Built-Environment | Roots, Origins and Lessons Learned From The Vernacular Architecture of the Mediterranean | Saif Al Kaabi (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 172 S. | Englisch | 2017 | LAP Lambert Academic Publishing | EAN 9783659150890 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sustainability and the Built-Environment | Roots, Origins and Lessons Learned From The Vernacular Architecture of the Mediterranean
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659150894
• ISBN 13: 9783659150890
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 11D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 11 millimeters depth
• Weight: 274 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This is a call on all architects and those involved in the building industry to take responsibility for changing the impact that their buildings have on the environment. They may live for a few decades after their design and subsequent construction, however, the structures will stand for centuries at a time where energy prices, availability and resources are not predicted and might cost a fortune. It is time to take responsibility for our actions in order to minimise environmental deterioration. Our ancestors exploited global resources sustainably. Now it is our turn to take steps to provide a world for future generations which is not enviromentally degraded. Knowledge, solutions and techniques are all there in the vernacular architecture, yet they need to be rediscovered and accompanied with the available technologies in order to produce an environmentally conscious modern architecture.

About the Author

There is a sincere need to investigate how our ancestors lived in harmony with Nature. This book examines the impact the Industrial Revolution has had on the indoor living environment, the natural environment and the induced change in attitude toward materialistic societies.