Creating Value: Smart Development and Green Design

Vernon D. Swaback

ISBN 10: 087420075X / ISBN 13: 9780874200751

Published by Urban Land Institute, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creating Value: Smart Development and Green Design
• Publisher: Urban Land Institute
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 087420075X
• ISBN 13: 9780874200751
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

This groundbreaking book argues convincingly that financial success in real estate development will increasingly require design that is smarter, greener, and more sustainable. It also provides examples of how this can be incorporated into a wide variety of real estate development projects.

About the Author

Vernon Swaback is managing partner of Swaback Partners, PLLC., based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Established in 1978, the firm provides planning & architectural services for institutional, commercial, and residential clients. Notable projects have included Paradise Valley Country Club, Asten-Hill Corporate Center in Charleston, S.C., the 1,040 acres surrounding the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, and master plans for Fountain Hills, Sedona, and Anthem, Arizona. 

Swaback’s writings have been published in the AIA Journal, Metropolis, the Wall Street Journal, and Professional Builder. He has authored nine books including The Creative Community: Designing for Life, and Believing in Beauty: Conversations with Vernon D. Swaback. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois School of Architecture and studied and worked with Frank Lloyd Wright.