The return of nature : sustaining architecture in the face of sustainability

The return of nature : sustaining architecture in the face of sustainability / edited by Preston Scott Cohen and Erika Naginski.

Other author/creator	Cohen, Preston Scott, editor.
Other author/creator	Naginski, Erika editor.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Routledge, 2014.
Description	xvi, 231 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Subject(s)	Sustainable design. Sustainable architecture.

Contents	Design's new catechism / Robert Levit -- Faculty of omnipotence / Catherine Ingraham -- The raw and the cooked / Sylvia Lavin -- Case study I: MOS Architects, afterparty, P.S. 1 YAP Pavilion (2009) -- The nature parallel / Barry Bergdoll -- Next to nothing / K. Michael Hays -- Nature after Mies / Diane Lewis -- Case study II: Michael Bell Architecture, Gefter-Press House, Hudson Valley, NY (2007) -- On limits / Andrew Payne -- Eco-pop / Mark Jarzombek -- Nature, model of complexity / Jean-François Chevrier -- Case study III: Steven Holl Architects, Sliced Porosity Block, Chengdu, China (2007-2012) -- Agri-tecture / Elizabeth Diller -- Nature, infrastructure and cities / Antoine Picon -- Case study IV: George L. Legendre, Henderson Waves, Singapore (2004-2008) -- Block that metaphor / Jorge Silvetti -- Case study V: Prescott Scott Cohen, Inc., Fahmy House, Los Gatos CA (2007-2014).
Summary	Detailed case studies and essays by practitioners, historians, and theorists present multiple viewpoints on the relations between architecture, nature, green design, sustainability, technology, and culture.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2013038677
ISBN	9780415897884 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0415897882 (alk. paper)
ISBN	9780415897891 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0415897890 (alk. paper)
ISBN	(ebk)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	NK1520 .R534 2014	✔ Available	Place Hold