Green Vitruvius

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Green Vitruvius

Principles and Practice of Sustainable Architectural Design

The arts: general topics Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design Building construction and materials

Authors: Vivienne Brophy, J. Owen Lewis

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 25th June 2012

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 15 Mb

ISBN: 9781136528712


Introduction

2000 years ago the roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio wrote the ten books on architecture establishing the concept of the pattern book offering design principles and solutions that is still referred to in every architect's education. A Green Vitruvius is intended as a green pattern book for today.

About the Book

Now fully updated, this well established textbook provides advice suitable for undergraduate and post graduate students on the integration of sustainable practice into the design and construction process, the issues to be considered, the strategies to be adopted, the elements of green design and design evaluation within the process.

Design Philosophy

Classic design elegance is found in the holistic clear solution.

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