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Changing the Commons: Stories about Placemaking by John N. Roberts 9781957183336
RRP: €41.65€26.69"Changing the Commons reveals fresh thinking and a strong philosophical grounding in what makes a successful place; it is destined to be a seminal work on the art of placemaking." — Emily H. Axelrod, Former Director at Rudy Bruner Award for Urban... -
Writing Design Fiction: Relocating a City in Crisis by Tony Fry 9781350217300
€124.09Written by leading design philosopher Tony Fry, Writing Design Fiction: Relocating a City in Crisis is both an introduction to the power of "design fiction" in the design process, and a novella-length work of fiction in itself-telling the dramatic story... -
It's Not Easy Being Green Ken Yeang 9781939621863
RRP: €27.31€18.02It's Not Easy Being Green tells the reader, quite simply, that 'Green Architecture' is not as simple as many of its promoters expect. It is not solely about energy efficiency or cultivating different levels of vegetation. It is an extensive dedication,... -
Understanding Green Building Guidelines: For Students and Young Professionals by Traci Rose Rider 9780393732634
RRP: €17.84€16.45Many professions are increasingly producing tools to assist clients in breaking down and understanding the different elements that reside under the umbrella of the sustainability movement. For the design and construction professions, this unpacking often... -
Designing for Longevity: Expert Strategies for Creating Long-Lasting Products by Louise Moller Haase 9781032284705
RRP: €148.75€128.35Product longevity is one of the cornerstones in the transition towards a more sustainable society and a key driver for the circular economy model. This book provides designers, developers, and creators with five distinctive expert strategies, detailed... -
Practice with Purpose: A Guide to Mission-Driven Design Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects 9781957183046
RRP: €41.65€27.17"In the history of architecture, there has never been a more important time to be an architect." - Common Edge Practice with Purpose is about designing buildings beyond their property lines to address some of society's most urgent challenges: the... -
Shipping Container Homes: A Guide on How to Build and Move into Shipping Container Homes with Examples of Plans and Designs by Louis Meier
RRP: €35.69€22.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647485320Author Louis MeierFormat HardbackPage Count 134Imprint Striveness PublicationsPublisher Striveness PublicationsWeight(grams) 517g -
Passive Annual Heat Storage: Improving the Design of Earth Shelters (2013 Revision) by John Hait
RRP: €35.64€27.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615905884Author John HaitFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Rocky Mountain Research CenterPublisher Rocky Mountain Research CenterWeight(grams)... -
Renovating Carbon: Re-imagining the Carbon Form by Erik L'Heureux
RRP: €26.12€17.30Carbon is everywhere — in the soil, in the air, in life. Carbon is the foundation of architecture and the built environment. Carbon is also infamous for intensifying the climate catastrophes around us. And architects — by the nature of their education... -
The Carbon Efficient City by Al Hurd
€32.31The Carbon Efficient City shows how regional economies can be aligned with practices that drive carbon efficiency. It details ten strategies for reducing carbon emissions in our cities: standardized measurement, frameworks that support innovation,... -
Building Integrated Solar Technology Roland Krippner 9783955533625
RRP: €51.77€47.02It's already impossible to imagine energy-efficient construction without photovoltaics and solar thermal. Yet, the EU-wide introduction of low energy standards for new buildings stipulates that buildings must meet their energy needs in whole or in part... -
The Greening of America's Building Codes: Promises and Paradoxes by Aleksandra Jaeschke
RRP: €26.17€18.09Environmental disasters and severe weather due to climate change, both triggered by human actions, have had an increasingly direct impact on our homes. But the way in which America builds its homes is part of the problem. This deeply researched history... -
The Urban Climatic Map: A Methodology for Sustainable Urban Planning by Edward Ng
RRP: €40.45€36.89Rapid urbanization, higher density and more compact cities have brought about a new science of urban climatology. An understanding of the mapping of this phenomenon is crucial for urban planners. The book brings together experts in the field of Urban... -
Applied Pharmaceutical Science and Microbiology: Novel Green Chemistry Methods and Natural Products by Debarshi Kar Mahapatra
RRP: €98.76€85.86This volume on applied pharmaceutical science and microbiology looks at the latest research on the applications of natural products for drug uses. It focuses on understanding how to apply the principles of novel green chemistry methods in the vital area... -
Adaptive Thermal Comfort of Indoor Environment for Residential Buildings: Efficient Strategy for Saving Energy by David Bienvenido-Huertas
RRP: €71.39€57.26This book is structured in four parts: First, it analyzes the sustainability objectives established for the building stock and the importance of thermal comfort in this aspect. Second, the existing adaptive thermal comfort models and the main... -
Passive Solar Energy in Buildings: Watt Committee: report number 17 by P. O'Sullivan
RRP: €70.20€60.79This report indicates that the benefits that accrue to a building and its occupants from a consideration of solar radiation are greatest when the 'passive solar component' is seen in perspective, as a natural part of an integrated approach to... -
Container Architecture by David Andreu Bach
RRP: €47.54€34.96An illustrated celebration of architecture using shipping containers as modular building elements, resulting in affordable moveable and sustainable prefabricated homes. Architecture with containers is a form of sustainable architecture creating a very... -
Overhang Design Methods: Optimal Thermal and Daylighting Performance by Sanja Stevanovic
RRP: €53.54€51.22It is estimated that windows in office buildings are responsible for one third of energy used for their heating and cooling. Designing window shading that balances often contradictory goals of preventing excessive heat gains in hot periods, without... -
Blue Architecture: Water, Design, and Environmental Futures by Brook Muller
RRP: €33.31€28.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781477325100Author Brook MullerFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint University of Texas PressPublisher University of Texas PressWeight(grams) 152g -
Shifting Suburbs: Reinventing Infrastructure for Compact Development by Rachel MacCleery
RRP: €11.84€11.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874202540Author Rachel MacCleeryFormat PaperbackPage Count 43Imprint Urban Land Institute,U.S.Publisher Urban Land Institute,U.S.Weight(grams) 226g -
Making Cities More Inclusive: Towards a definition of spatial requirements for the planning of autism-friendly cities: 2022 VALENTINA Talu 9788832080612
RRP: €35.70€28.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788832080612Author VALENTINA TaluFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint ListLabPublisher ListLabWeight(grams) 700gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 150mm * 150mm -
Climate Change and Social Ecology: A New Perspective on the Climate Challenge Stephen M. Wheeler 9780415809870
RRP: €42.83€37.71Although strategies to prevent global warming - such as by conserving energy, relying on solar and wind power, and reducing motor vehicle use - are well-known, societies have proved unable to implement these measures with the necessary speed. They have... -
Eco Skyscrapers: Volume 2 by The Images Publishing Group
RRP: €35.70€23.56*Tall buildings represent a way of the future which is perceived as necessary despite being environmentally unfriendly *This book demonstrates methods to make these energy-consuming buildings as efficient as possible until a time when the world finds... -
Building Renovation: How to Retrofit and Reuse Existing Buildings to Save Energy and Respond to New Needs by Manuela Grecchi
RRP: €65.44€65.13This book reviews the building renovation process by systematizing the phases of analysis and prior knowledge through a project that not only considers energy savings but also thoroughly examines complex issues, such as defining the correct new functions... -
The Environmental Performance of Tall Buildings Joana Carla Soares Goncalves (Universidade de Sao Paolo, Brazil) 9781138993488
RRP: €54.73€48.23Tall buildings represent one of the most energy-intensive architectural typologies, while at the same time offering the high density work and living conditions that many believe will an important constituent of future sustainable communities. How, then,... -
Tiny Hideaways Various 9788417557201
RRP: €23.79€15.89Small shelters have been growing in popularity over the last decade, quickly becoming not only in the best getaways to find some peace and quiet, but in a perfect example of the New Ecological Architecture, respectful with the environment, capable of... -
Interstitial Hong Kong: Exploring the Miniature Open Spaces of High-Density Urbanism by Xiaoxuan Lu
RRP: €33.32€26.06Enmeshed in Hong Kong's densely woven urban fabric, wedged between its towering mixed-use complexes and perched along its steep hillsides, sits a network of more than 500 miniature public parks comprising the smallest unit of the city's public open space... -
Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing, Revised Edition Walker Wells 9781642830385
RRP: €36.89€31.33The lack of affordable housing and the climate crisis are two of the most pressing challenges facing cities today. Green affordable housing addresses both by providing housing stability, safety, and financial predictability while constructing and... -
Haute Couture Architecture: The Art of Living without Walls Anneke van Waesberghe 9781954081628
RRP: €65.45€44.09Haute Couture Architecture: The Art of Living Without Walls by Anneke van Waesberghe is so much more than a book about tented green building architecture. The book is part design manifesto, part personal diary, and part manual for future sustainable... -
Eco-Friendly Building Facade by Juan Li
RRP: €45.22€30.75In architecture, a facade is the skin of a building. Eco-friendly Building Facade demonstrates just how important this 'skin' is by illustrating its impact on energy efficiency. Sunlight, ventilation, low energy, noise minimisation, rainwater harvest,... -
Sustainable Building Adaptation: Innovations in Decision-making by Sara J. Wilkinson
RRP: €109.42€95.40How to adapt existing building stock is a problem being addressed by local and state governments worldwide. In most developed countries we now spend more on building adaptation than on new construction and there is an urgent need for greater knowledge... -
Sustainability in Architecture and Urban Design Carl Bovill 9780415724951
RRP: €70.20€60.79Sustainability in Architecture and Urban Design will help you understand the nature of the sustainability problem and show you how to implement your design for a sustainable future. Organized in six parts, the problem, the environment, the residential... -
Designing To Avoid Disaster: The Nature of Fracture-Critical Design by Thomas Fisher
RRP: €45.21€39.72Recent catastrophic events, such as the I-35W bridge collapse, New Orleans flooding, the BP oil spill, Port au Prince's destruction by earthquake, Fukushima nuclear plant's devastation by tsunami, the Wall Street investment bank failures, and the housing... -
The Sustainable City by Steven Cohen
RRP: €26.18€20.66Living sustainably is not just about preserving the wilderness or keeping nature pristine. The transition to a green economy depends on cities. Economic, technological, and cultural forces are moving people out of rural areas and into urban areas. If we... -
Resistant City: Histories, Maps And The Architecture Of Development Eunice Mei Feng Seng (The Univ Of Hong Kong, Hong Kong & Skew Collaborative, China) 9789811204616
RRP: €95.20€82.87This vivid book is an inquiry into the stagnation between the development of architectural practice and the progress in urban modernization. It is about islands as territories of resistance. It is about dense places where multitudes dwell in perennial... -
Integrated Design and Delivery Solutions by Matthijs Prins
RRP: €160.65€139.56Integrated Design and Delivery Solutions (IDDS) represent a significant new research trajectory in the integration of architecture and construction through the rapid adoption of new processes. This book examines the ways in which collaboration and new... -
The Paris Framework for Climate Change Capacity Building by J. Timmons Roberts
RRP: €49.97€43.73The Paris Framework for Climate Change Capacity Building pioneers a new era of climate change governance, performing the foundational job of clarifying what is meant by the often ad-hoc, one-off, uncoordinated, ineffective and unsustainable practices of... -
Beyond Sustainable: Architecture's Evolving Environments of Habitation by Ryan Ludwig
RRP: €45.21€39.72Beyond Sustainable discusses the relationship between human-beings and the constructed environments of habitation we create living in the Anthropocene, an increasingly volatile and unpredictable landscape of certain change.This volume accepts that... -
Activating Urban Waterfronts: Planning and Design for Inclusive, Engaging and Adaptable Public Spaces by Quentin Stevens
RRP: €40.45€35.70Activating Urban Waterfronts shows how urban waterfronts can be designed, managed and used in ways that can make them more inclusive, lively and sustainable. The book draws on detailed examination of a diversity of waterfronts from cities across Europe,... -
Ecological by Design: A History from Scandinavia Kjetil Fallan 9780262047135
RRP: €45.22€38.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047135Author Kjetil FallanFormat HardbackPage Count 328Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd