The new eco-architecture
Subtitle: alternatives from the modern movement
By: Colin Porteous.
Publisher: Spon Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Architecture, Modern -- Environmental aspects; Modern movement (Architecture); Sustainable architecture
Description: "The New eco-Architecture builds a historical bridge between architectural science and design. It seeks to address neglected aspects of the Modern Movement as a prelude to supporting a diversity of architectural insight and experimentation aimed at twenty-first century environmental needs and priorities. The attitudes and influences of renowned figures are re-examined in relation to current issues of sustainability.".

"By setting today's green architectural quest within a twentieth century context, and evaluating the main protagonists with regard to a modern eco-sensitive lineage, the book will be of primary interest to architectural students, academics and practitioners. However, it should also intrigue historians, theoreticians and critics, who tend to gloss over such issues, as well as other disciplines engaged with the built environment."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.