Eco-Urban Design

• Main Authors: Flannery, John A. (Author), Smith, Karen M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Subjects: Architecture.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Buildings.; Sustainable development.; Architecture / Design.; Building Types and Functions.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Cities, Countries, Regions.; Sustainable Development.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

"Eco-Urban Design" focuses on the unprecedented challenges currently faced by architects and designers. In a world where climate change, diminishing natural resources and an increasing global population have become indisputable facts of life there is now a rising demand for evolved buildin...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Commercial Property. Projects: 40 Albert Road, Melbourne, Australia
• 111 South Wacker, Chicago, USA
• Horizon Serono, Geneva, Switzerland
• Norddeutschelandesbank
• Public Buildings. Projects: California Academy of Sciences, San Fransisco, USA
• Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, USA
• Bay Educational Center, Rhode Island, USA
• Social Housing. Projects: Near North Apartments, Chicago, USA
• Thin Flats, Philadelphia, USA
• Urban Canyon, Seattle, USA
• Private Homes. Projects: Judkins Park House, Seattle, USA
• Maragarido House, Oakland, USA.