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Engineering for a finite planet : sustainable solutions by Buro Happold

Title
Engineering for a finite planet : sustainable solutions by Buro Happold / Peter Davey.
Author
Davey, Peter, 1940-
Publication
Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, 2009.

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Book/TextUse in library TH880 .D38 2009q OversizeOff-site

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Additional Authors
Buro Happold (Firm)
Description
151 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color); 31 cm
Summary
"Our planet's resources are finite, and the engineer's work must take this fact into account. Buro Happold, the international firm of consulting engineers, has for more than 30 years shown a consistently high level of inventive and creative thought about the nature of structure and environmental control and how to use structure, systems and materials to maximum effect with minimum environmental impact. The practice has earned a reputation for expertise and excellence in this field." "The book introduces the work of the firm, highlighting examples of seminal projects that demonstrate its approach to sustainable design. Realising design in an ecologically sensitive way and developing solutions from a long-term perspective is the common focus of these projects from around the world."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Sustainable buildings > Design and construction
  • Sustainable architecture
  • Buildings > Environmental engineering
  • Buildings > Environmental engineering
  • Sustainable architecture
  • Sustainable buildings > Design and construction
  • Bauökologie
  • Energiebewusstes Bauen
  • Nachhaltigkeit
  • Bauökologie > Energiebewusstes Bauen > Nachhaltigkeit
  • Energiebewusstes Bauen > Bauökologie > Nachhaltigkeit
  • Nachhaltigkeit > Energiebewusstes Bauen > Bauökologie
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Introduction -- Blurring boundaries -- Low-energy systems -- Educational environments -- Lightweight and tensile structures -- Alternative structures -- Urban dimensions -- Earth moves -- Ways forward.
ISBN
  • 9783764372200
  • 3764372206
LCCN
  • 2007933207
  • 9783764372200
OCLC
  • ocn174131549
  • 174131549
  • SCSB-9243886
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library