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TIP FOR THE WEEK
August 7, 2000
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Green Architecture
Do solar cells on a roof or natural building materials automatically make a
building ‘green’? James Wines in Green Architecture argues that ‘for
architects to interpret today’s environmental advocacy exclusively in terms
of mechanical hardware (often manufactured using toxic materials and wasteful
processes) without including the vastly more interesting sources of imagery
in nature is to miss an extraordinary opportunity.’
Wines draws examples from more than 70 leading architects to examine the
history and future of ecological architecture
(240 pages, paperback,
published by Taschen America, $24.00, or $19.92 including shipping at
ecampus.com).
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