Description
| Product ID: | 9780415780377 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | New Directions in Sustainable Design |
| Authors: | Author: Adrian Parr, Michael Zaretsky |
| Page Count: | 280 |
| Subjects: | Theory of architecture, Theory of architecture, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design, The environment, Building construction and materials, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, The environment, Building construction & materials |
| Description: | This book brings together new and emerging perspectives on sustainability. Combining a series of well know authors in contemporary philosophy with established practitioners of sustainable design, it develops a coherent theoretical framework for how a philosophy of sustainability might engage with the growing practice of sustainable design. Recently there has been a plethora of work published on the topic of sustainability, much of which is purely theoretical or technical in its approach. More often than not these books fail to introduce readers to the larger challenge of what thinking sustainably might entail. Combining a series of well know authors in contemporary philosophy with established practitioners of sustainable design, this book develops a coherent theoretical framework for how theories of sustainability might engage with the growing practice of design. This book:
This volume describes a variety of new ways to approach sustainable design and it equips the next generation of designers with necessary conceptual tools for thinking sustainably. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-10-05 |