Title: Design for life : the architecture of Sim Van der Ryn /
Authors: Van der Ryn, Sim
Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Van der Ryn, Sim; Architects United States Biography; Architecture Environmental aspects
Abstract: Design for Life: The Architecture of Sim Van der Ryn surveys the work and principles of Sim Van der Ryn, a world leader in the field of sustainable architecture. Sharing his years of experience as a teacher and using his building designs as examples, the author shows us that buildings are not objects but organisms, and cities are not machines but complex ecosystems.<
Contents: Roots and seeds -- Branching out -- First generation ecological design -- Second generation ecological design -- Places of heart and spirit -- Making the great leap forward.