Innovative apartment buildings : new directions in sustainable design / Avi Friedman.
By: Friedman, Avi
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TextPublisher: Stuttgart : Edition Axel Menges, c2017Description: 187 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 30 cmISBN: 9783869050096; 3869050098Subject(s): Apartment houses -- Designs and plans | Apartment houses -- Environmental engineering | Sustainable buildings -- Design and constructionDDC classification: 724.6 LOC classification: NA7860 | .F75 2017Summary: Current design of apartment buildings is facing challenges of philosophy and form. Past approaches no longer sustain new demands and require innovative thinking. The need for a new outlook is propelled by fundamental changes that touch upon environmental, economic, cultural and social aspects that led to the writing of this book. The depletion of non-renewable natural resources and climate change are a few of the environmental challenges that prompted designers to reconsider conceptual approaches in favour of ones that promote a better suitability between buildings and their environments.
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Current design of apartment buildings is facing challenges of philosophy and form. Past approaches no longer sustain new demands and require innovative thinking. The need for a new outlook is propelled by fundamental changes that touch upon environmental, economic, cultural and social aspects that led to the writing of this book. The depletion of non-renewable natural resources and climate change are a few of the environmental challenges that prompted designers to reconsider conceptual approaches in favour of ones that promote a better suitability between buildings and their environments.
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