Ecological Design

Van Der Ryn, Sim, and Stuart Cowan

ISBN 10: 1559633883 / ISBN 13: 9781559633888

Published by Island Press, Washington, D.C., 1996

About this Item

First printing, full number line. Signed by coauthor Van der Ryn on the title page: "Sim Van der Ryn." Quarterbound in gray paper-covered boards with a red cloth, gold-lettered spine. Book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, tail of spine bumped; rippling to about 20 pages in the middle of the book. The dust jacket is not priced; light edgewear. Uncommon signed. Brodart protected. Seller Inventory # 006034

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ecological Design

Publisher: Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan present a vision of how the living world and the human world can be rejoined by taking ecology as the basis for design. Ecological design intelligence -- effective adaptation to and integration with nature's processes -- can be applied at all levels of scale, creating revolutionary forms of buildings, landscapes, cities, and technologies.The authors weave together case studies, personal anecdotes, images, and theory to provide a thorough treatment of the concept of ecological design. In the process, they present and explain a series of design principles that can help build a sustainable world with increased efficiency, fewer toxics, less pollution, and healthier natural systems.

About the Author:

Sim Van der Ryn is President of The Ecological Design Collaborative, a design and consulting practice providing comprehensive services though the non-profit Ecological Design Institute established in 1969. He has been at the forefront of integrating ecological principles into the built environment, creating multi-scale solutions driven by nature’s intelligence for over 40 years. Sim has served as California’s first energy-conscious State Architect, authored seven influential books, including Ecological Design, and won numerous honors and awards for his leadership and innovation in architecture and planning including a Fellowship of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts (1997); Rockefeller Scholar in Residence, Bellagio, Italy (1997 and 2013); a Commendation for Excellence in Technology, California Council American Institute of Architects (1981); and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1971). He is an adjunct architecture faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley.