The green house
Subtitle: new directions in sustainable architecture
By: Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne
Contributors: Hawthorne, Christopher
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press; national Building Museum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York; Washington D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781568989501
Subjects: Sustainable architecture; Sustainable design; Exhibitions; Ecological houses
Description: Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne have traveled to the farthest reaches of the globe to find all that is new in the design of sustainable or "green" homes. The result: more than thirty-five residences in fifteen countries - and nearly every conceivable natural environment - designed by a combination of star architects and new practitioners.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
Table of contents: title: Introduction:; title: Camera-ready green design --; title: City --; title: Suburb --; title: Mountainside --; title: Waterside --; title: Desert --; title: Tropics --; title: Anywhere --; title: Featured architects ---- Resources.