What are the future demands on architecture, landscape architecture, structural engineering, technical building services and urban planning? What role will professionals in these fields play? How is building evolving in the information age? This work addresses these questions in its exploration of the effects of the accelerating information age on building. Part 1 analyzes contemporary trends, future scenarios, solutiions from the past and the resources available in nature. Part 2 introduces in theory and practice what ...
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What are the future demands on architecture, landscape architecture, structural engineering, technical building services and urban planning? What role will professionals in these fields play? How is building evolving in the information age? This work addresses these questions in its exploration of the effects of the accelerating information age on building. Part 1 analyzes contemporary trends, future scenarios, solutiions from the past and the resources available in nature. Part 2 introduces in theory and practice what sustainable building means in the information age, namely: integrated, high quality, contextual, resource conserving and efficient building in which ecological assessment and planning are critical. Finally, Part 3 presents the consequences of these trends and principles on the technical extension and renovation of buildings.
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Near Fine in near fine jacket. First printing, 1998, hardcover with beige cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto, 233pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with handsome boards and tight binding, mild wave to text block. DJ near fine with mild rubbing.