Contemporary Design in Detail

副标题: Sustainable Environments (Contemporary Design Details)

ISBN: 9781592532308

作者: Yenna Chen/Alicia Kennedy

出版社: Rockport Publishers

出版年: 2007-04-01

页数: 192

定价: USD 50.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

"The Contemporary Design Details" series takes a highly visual look at architectural design details that are more often dealt with in a technical textbook format. The books take readers on a tour of the best details designed by great architects around the world. The series provides a powerful presentation of the most challenging and evolving architectural and design categories. "Sustainable Environments" focuses on the type of architectural details in distinctive, sustainable residential spaces. It includes sections on components such as cooling or shading devices, building techniques that create minimal impact on the land, active systems and the use of new sustainable materials as well as those that are salvaged or recyclable. The book presents recent work by architects from around the globe in colour photographs and architectural drawings, and is structured according to categories of architectural detail.