Sustainability & Green Design
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The New Sustainable House: Planet-Friendly Home Design
$45.00 Add to cartDesigning with the environment in mind is not new. What is new is the increasing number of ways houses can be more sustainably built. With a fresh focus on design ingenuity and innovative technologies
- Author: Craswell, Penny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1760764779
- Language: English
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Histories of Ecological Design: An Unfinished Cyclopedia
$39.95 Read moreThis book documents the intersection of architecture and design with ecology, environmental history, policy, governance and law from the 19th century to today. It presents conflicting definitions and … [more below]
- Author: Kallipoliti, Lydia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1638400733
- Language: English
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Solar Electricity Basics – Revised and Updated 2nd Edition: Powering Your Home or Office with Solar Energy
$19.99 Read moreA guide to choosing and using solar electricity systems from “the man who launched a thousand rooftop solar arrays . . . the essential go-to manual” (John D. Ivanko and Lisa Kivirist, coauthors of ECO
- Author: Chiras, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 086571925X
- Language: English
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Power of Landscape: Novel Narratives to Engage with the Energy Transition
$60.00 Read moreHow renewable energy technologies can transform our landscape for the better
The energy transition is in full swing: across the globe, windmills and solar panels are taking over from fossil fuels. But
- Author: Stremke, Sven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 28 2023
- ISBN10: 9462087164
- Language: English
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Essential Green Roof Construction: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide
$39.99 Read moreSimple green roof design and installation for the do-it-yourself builder
Essential Green Roof Construction is a comprehensive, in-depth guide to building simple green roofs for houses and small buildi
- Series: Sustainable Building Essentials
- Author: Doyle, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0865719152
- Language: English
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Into the Woods: Retreats and Dream Houses
$50.00 Read moreFor those who crave the tranquility of nature, fifty houses selected from around the world with the most ecologically sustainable and innovative breakthroughs in architecture and design.
Seeking the p- Author: Jodidio, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 24 2020
- ISBN10: 0847866076
- Language: English
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Essential Building Science: Understanding Energy and Moisture in High Performance House Design
$39.99 Read moreDown and dirty – a complete step-by-step guide to making, installing and living with beautiful, all-natural earthen floors
Poor heat and moisture management are the enemies of durable, comfortable,
- Series: Sustainable Building Essentials #3
- Author: Racusin, Jacob Deva
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 28 2016
- ISBN10: 0865718342
- Language: English
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Essential Cordwood Building: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide
$39.99 Read moreCordwood construction – log-ends set in insulated mortar – is a versatile, economical, low-impact, and beautiful building method. Its durability and performance has been proven in beautiful, centurie
- Series: Sustainable Building Essentials #6
- Author: Roy, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 05 2017
- ISBN10: 865718520
- Language: English
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African Water Cities
$50.00 Read moreA multipronged study of Africa’s innovative approaches to communal living in the face of climate change and urbanization
This volume presents essays, stories, research and photographs showing how Afric
- Author: Adeyemi, Kunle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 9462087768
- Language: English
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Log Cabins and Outbuildings: A Guide to Building Homes, Barns, Greenhouses, and More
$14.99 Read moreBuilding and constructing barns, outhouses, A-frames, greenhouses, outdoor recreation sites, boat landings, and more.
Homesteading is a lifestyle that people around the world gravitate toward–and fo- Author: The United States Department of Agricult
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1510739815
- Language: English
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The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience
$24.95 Read morePermaculture is more than just the latest buzzword; it offers positive solutions for many of the environmental and social challenges confronting us. And nowhere are those remedies more needed and desi
- Author: Hemenway, Toby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 31 2015
- ISBN10: 1603585265
- Language: English
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Cohousing in Barcelona: Designing, Building and Living for Cooperative Models
$44.95 Read moreBarcelona offers a prime example of the co-housing model as an asset prized for its use value as opposed to investment.
This book is a compilation of cooperative housing projects in Barcelona, both co- Author: Lorente, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1638400903
- Language: English
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Container Architecture: Modular, Pre Fab, Affordable, Movable and Sustainable Living
$55.00 Read moreThe ultimate in sustainable architecture, containers provide a cheap and resilient building material with a myriad of possible applications. Modular, these self contained units are easy to attach to a… [more below]
- Author: Bach, David Andreu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 8499366627
- Language: English
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Off Grid House Plans
$29.95 Add to cartOff-Grid House Plans has more than 250 floor plans, sections, sketches, and elevations, as well as all the construction details in all projects. An Off-Grid system allows you to live without using a u… [more below]
- Author: Minguet, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2022
- ISBN10: 8417557261
- Language: English
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Sustainable Architecture: Contemporary Architecture in Detail
$45.00 Read moreIn the architecture world, sustainability has evolved from an optional feature into an urgent necessity. Now in paperback, this publication presents 25 building projects from around the world that ran
- Author: The Plan, The Plan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 841765643X
- Language: English
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The Pandemic Effect: Ninety Experts on Immunizing the Built Environment
$30.00 Read moreIn The Pandemic Effect, 90 leading architects, designers, materials scientists, and health officials reflect on the influence of COVID-19 on buildings and cities–and propose solutions to safeguard t… [more below]
- Author: Brownell, Blaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1648961649
- Language: English
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Shigeru Ban: Timber in Architecture
$75.00 Read moreWhy wood?
Though it is one of the world’s oldest building materials, wood is still revolutionizing the way buildings are designed and constructed today. It is imperative that everyone considers how co- Author: Britton, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 084787222X
- Language: English
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Neri Oxman: Material Ecology
$50.00 Read moreThe first survey on the interdisciplinary biodesign genius of Neri Oxman, pioneer of “material ecology
Throughout her 20-year career, Neri Oxman has invented not only new ideas for materials, buildings
- Author: Oxman, Neri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1633451054
- Language: English
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Neighbourhoods for the Future: A Plea for a Social and Ecological Urbanism
$32.50 Read moreA plea for the social efficacy of the neighborhood and its ecology
The pressure is on: people move to cities in ever-growing numbers. So we build new neighborhoods, we transform old industrial areas an
- Author: Hajer, Maarten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 9492095785
- Language: English
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Modern Cabins
$40.00 Add to cart- A beautifully illustrated and inspirational book that showcases innovative and modern cabin designs
- Engaging descriptions of each project that detail challenges, benefits, and tips and tricks from desi
- Author: Desai, Dev
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: November 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1864709316
- Language: English
