| Description |
239 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 27 cm |
| Summary |
Good Buildings on a Small Planet' portrays eight Danish architectural firms that are creating new architecture where sustainability is not simply a question of consuming less, but also about giving more. More beauty. More meaning. More community. What is a good building on a small planet? How can we create a rich, humanist architecture that is built on a profound respect for local as well as global resources? 'Good Buildings on a Small Planet' presents eight different answers that are framed by thoughts, ideas and new architecture. The introductory essay written by author Rasmus Rune Nielsen discusses the contribution of architecture to a sustainable development and lays out a humanist approach to sustainable architecture. The architects portrayed are Lendager Group, GXN, C.F. M©ıller Architects, Vandkunsten, EFFEKT, Henning Larsen Architects, SLA and Tredje Natur (Third Nature) |
| Subject |
Sustainable architecture -- Denmark.
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Sustainable buildings -- Denmark -- Design and construction.
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Architecture, Danish.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2017464438 |
| ISBN |
9789187543890 (English edition : hf.cl.) |
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9187543893 |
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