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Book cover for Peter Newman: Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems

Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems : Principles and Practices

Peter Newman
Hardcover - $149.95

"Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems" shows how cities and their residents can begin to reintegrate into their bioregional environment, and how cities themselves can be planned with nature's organizing principles in mind. Taking cues from living systems ...

Book cover for Richard Olsen: Log Houses of the World

Log Houses of the World

Richard Olsen
Hardcover - $69.95

The first-ever chronological survey of the greatest examples of log houses designed in Europe and the United States includes photographs, plans, and little-known drawings from such celebrated Modern-era architects as Eliel Saarinen, Adolf Loos, Le Co ...

Book cover for Lori Ryker: Off the Grid Homes

Off the Grid Homes : Case Studies for Sustainable Living

Lori Ryker
Paperback - $35.95

Global warming, ozone depletion, and acid rain are distressing buzzwords of our day. Our overdependence on fossil fuels for virtually all energy needs and our overuse of other resources have come with serious side effects. Nowhere is this reality mor ...

Book cover for Daniel Solomon: Global City Blues

Global City Blues

Daniel Solomon
Paperback - $42.95

"This is a book about the making of cities and the buildings that compose them. It is about the conditions under which an architect engaged in those activities now works, how those conditions evolved and why they are changing. It is about the qualiti ...

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