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The Living City: Why Cities Don't Need to Be Green to Be Great By Des Fitzgerald Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781541674509
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Published: Basic Books - November 21st, 2023

A sociologist explores why “green cities” won’t fix everything—and urges us to celebrate urban life as it is  

Everywhere you look, cities are getting greener. The general assumption is clear: if something is unhealthy or bad about urban life today, then nature holds the cure.


The Treehouse Book By Candida Collins Cover Image
$24.99
ISBN: 9781510756656
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Published: Skyhorse - November 21st, 2023

The Treehouse Book is a global round-up of the best in modern treehouse living.

Tree houses have come of age. The image of a few planks nailed into the branches of a tree has changed into a new generation of specially designed and built structures, suitable as a playhouse, a study, or even a guestroom.


Climatic Architecture: Philippe Rahm Architectes By Philippe Rahm Cover Image
$64.95
ISBN: 9781638400394
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Published: Actar - December 12th, 2023

This book is about climate and architecture. Written by the Swiss architect Philippe Rahm, it is at the same time a monograph on the architectural, urbanistic and landscape work of the office "Philippe Rahm architectes", a manifesto for a climatic architecture to face global warming, and a theoretical and practical treatise on the art of building atmospheres.


Wood in Contemporary Architecture By The Images Publishing Group (Editor) Cover Image
$40.00
ISBN: 9781864709582
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Published: Images Shenyang - January 1st, 2024

Cabin: How to Build a Retreat in the Wilderness and Learn to Live with Nature By Will Jones Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9781419771262
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Published: Abrams Image - October 17th, 2023

A beautifully illustrated guide to building a cabin in the wilderness, packed with practical advice and insights into of the history of cabin culture around the world.
 
Throughout history, people around the world have built cabins as homes, retreats, and even follies.


Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism By Carson Chan (Editor), Matthew Wagstaffe (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Cover Image
By Carson Chan (Editor), Matthew Wagstaffe (Text by (Art/Photo Books))
$65.00
ISBN: 9781633451544
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Published: Museum of Modern Art - September 5th, 2023

How architects and designers helped define America's ecological movement in the 1960s--featuring Ant Farm, Buckminster Fuller, John C. Lilly and many more


The New Naturals: Inspired Interiors for Sustainable Living By Jennifer Haslam Cover Image
$50.00
ISBN: 9781784886578
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Published: Hardie Grant - October 24th, 2023

The New Naturals celebrates 18 global homes that put well-being and environment first, incorporating eco elements and sympathetic natural materials that provide a nourishing connection to nature.

The properties showcased include: renovated Victorian homes in leafy Highgate; Italian summer houses; New York retreats and Australian new builds.


Hidden Japan: An Astonishing World of Thatched Villages, Ancient Shrines and Primeval Forests By Alex Kerr Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9784805317518
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Published: Tuttle Publishing - September 5th, 2023

"A sharp-tongued spokesman for Japan's environment and traditions" --The New York Times

In Alex Kerr's critically acclaimed Lost Japan and Dogs and Demons, he documented the decline of the traditional landscapes of Japan, his adopted home of many years. Here, in Hidden Japan he makes a journey of rediscovery to find the wonders that still remain.


Experiential Design Schemas By Mark Dekay, Gail Brager Cover Image
$49.95
ISBN: 9781957183732
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Published: Oro Editions - September 26th, 2023

Experiential Design Schemas presents a new theoretical and practical framework for designing architectural experiences developed by two seasoned researchers, an architect, and a building scientist.


Building Futures: Technology, Ecology, and Architectural Practice By Richard Garber Cover Image
$59.95
ISBN: 9781119829218
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Published: Wiley - October 3rd, 2023

BUILDING FUTURES

An approach to Information Modeling engaging concepts of equality, sustainability, and labor as they relate to environment and architectural practice


African Water Cities By Kunle Adeyemi (Editor), Suzanne Lettieri (Editor) Cover Image
By Kunle Adeyemi (Editor), Suzanne Lettieri (Editor)
$50.00
ISBN: 9789462087767
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Published: Nai010 Publishers - October 3rd, 2023

A multipronged study of Africa's innovative approaches to communal living in the face of climate change and urbanization


2086: Together How? By Eman Abdelhad (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Alice Bucknell (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Federico Campagna (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Cover Image
By Eman Abdelhad (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Alice Bucknell (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Federico Campagna (Text by (Art/Photo Books))
$30.00
ISBN: 9788867495832
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Published: Mousse Publishing - December 5th, 2023

An affordable reader that elaborates upon the ambitious environmental aims of the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale's Korean Pavilion project