Green: Architecture Now!

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How green is your blueprint?: Architecture as sustainable technology The ecological impact of new construction once a secondary concern has become a crucial issue. Badly designed buildings guzzle natural resources and pollute their surroundings; in an era of rocketing energy costs and environmental degradation the need for a sustainable energy-efficient architecture is paramount. This book features the architects artists and firms pioneering a new green architecture and examines the emergent esthetics. Featured architects and practices: Adjaye Associates Agence Babylone Tadao Ando Shigeru Ban Barlindhaug Consult AS Barton Willmore Patrick Blanc Vincent Callebaut Architecture Cepezed Diller Scofidio Renfro Vladimir Djurovic Dennis Dollens Ecosistema Urbano EDAW Fearon Hay Foster Partners Peter Gluck Monika Gogl Zaha Hadid Herbst Architects Anna Heringer and Eike Roswag David Hertz Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden Chris Jacobs Kempe Thill KieranTimberlake Rafael de La-Hoz Michael B. Lehrer MIII architects Marchi Architectes Morphosis Alberto Moz Manfredi Nicoletti Office dA Sergio Palleroni Renzo Piano Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Philippe Rahm Rau Michael Reynolds Roswag & Jankowski Rural Studio Hiroshi Sambuichi SITE Adrian Smith Gordon Gill Architecture Ken Smith Landscape Architect Germn del Sol Werner Sobek studio tamassociati Chris Tate Matteo Thun TNA UNStudio Michael Van Valkenburgh Weiss/Manfredi wHY Architecture Ken Yeang Zoka Zola Text in English French and German