Taking Shape A New Contract Between Architecture and Nature

Name: Taking Shape A New Contract Between Architecture and Nature
Availability: OutOfStock
ISBN: 9780080518411

ISBN-10: 0080518419

ISBN-13: 9780080518411

Edition: 2001

Authors: Susannah Hagan

List price: $52.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Out of stock

We're sorry. This item is currently unavailable.

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

'Taking Shape' explores the evolution of scientific and academic theories that have resulted in the concept of sustainability. Susannah Hagan uses this as a basis to argue for developments in the future and argues that these theories are not 'just an intellectual and aesthetic regression' as they are often perceived to be. By focusing on the impact of the new theories of sustainable technology and new materials in architecture, Hagan moves the discourse and practice of environmental sustainability within architecture towards a greater degree of awareness of both its cultural significance and cultural potential. In short, it demonstrates the capacity of sustainable architecture to embrace…

Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/22/2007
Pages: 240
Size: 0.85" wide x 1.10" long
Language: English

Susannah Hagan runs the MA Architecture: Sustainability at the University of East London, UK, and teaches on the Environment and Energy Graduate Program at the Architectural Association.