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Big and Green Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century
David Gissen
ISBN 9781568983615
Publication date 2/1/2003
7 x 9 inches (17.8 x 22.9 cm), Hardcover
192 pages, 75 color illustrations, 100 b/w illustrations
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More than a century after its inception, the skyscraper has finally come of age. Though it has long been lampooned as a venal and inhospitable guzzler of resources, a revolutionary new school of skyscraper design has refashioned the idiom with buildings that are sensitive to their environments, benevolent to their occupants, and economically viable to build and maintain. Designed by some of the best-known architects in the world, these towers are as daring aesthetically as they are innovative environmentally.
Big and Greenis the first book to examine the sustainable skyscraper, its history, the technologies that make it possible, and its role in the future of urban development.
The book examines more than 40 of the most important recent sustainable skyscrapers-including Fox & Fowle's Reuters Buildings in New York, Norman Foster's Commerzbank in Frankfurt, and MVRDV's spectacular Dutch Pavilion from Expo 2000 in Hanover-with project descriptions, photographs, and detailed drawings. Interviews with such leaders in the field as Sir Richard Rogers, William McDonough, and Kenneth Yeang are also included.
David Gissen is associate curator at the National Building Museum. He has taught at the American University, Yale University, and the University of Virginia School of Architecture. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Editorial Reviews
Brave New Mission, Metropolis:
". . . the most provocative and clear-minded exploration of architecture as a force for cultural change."
— Barbara Flanagan
Booklist:
"Sleekly designed and generally informative. . . "
Library Journal:
"This well-illustrated exhibition catalog contains brief profiles of 50 recent buildings and projects and five short essays by notable theorists and practitioners."
Green Monsters, Architecture:
"Capturing the essence of the green movement is a new book, BIG & GREEN, companion to the exhibition of the same name. With big-name essays and interviews, piquant references to historic precedent, and scores of amply illustrated projects by 30 active firms, the compilation pinpoints the state of sustainable design today. . . . The result mixes serious arguments with catchy factoidsever hear of a ventifact, thermosiphon, or a badgir?"
— C.C. Sullivan
Building Design:
"The quest for the sustainable skyscraper is explored in this compact new book combining case studies with essays plus interviews With Richard Rogers, Kenneth Yeang and others."
BIG & GREEN details eco-architecture, The District:
". . .a timely, captivating book because it offers something that other books on sustainable design have neglectedrecent real-world structures that are friendly to the environment. . . .BIG & GREEN continues Princeton Architectural Presss high standards of graphic design in its lavish photography, illustrations and pristine layout, but this book was not designed merely for the coffee table. Its compact size and introspective text should be very useful by practicing architects, planners, historians and theorists. . . .The text, though easy to read and lively, contains a wealth of information on everything from solar energy to novel materials for green construction."
I.D. Magazine:
". . . the first [book] on sustainable skyscrapers."
Surface:
"The book finds plenty of room for co-existence at the intersection of aesthetics and ecological sustainability."
In Washington, a showcase for sustainability inspires by looking ahead, not back, Architectural Record:
"No matter what your politics, BIG & GREEN brings together thought-provoking projects whose designers envision them coexisting with nature, not dominating it."
Book News, Inc.:
"This volume showcases 50 projects by leading international architects balancing demand for new buildings with respect for nature as reflected in energy conservation."
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