The Whole Building Handbook

by VarisBokalders (Author), Maria Block (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $244.71

  A compendium of the issues and strategies that architects need to understand to design and construct sustainable buildings for a sustainable society. It includes guidance for architecture that promotes social cohesion, renewable energy sources, water and waste recycling systems, energy conservation and buildings in relation to their place.

• New

  Paperback
  2010

  $105.93

  A compendium of the issues and strategies that architects need to understand to design and construct sustainable buildings for a sustainable society. It includes a section on adaptation of buildings to local conditions, looking at how a site must be studied with respect to nature, climate and community structure as well as human activities.