Designed for the Future
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- Synopsis
- In Designed for the Future, author Jared Green asks eighty of today's most innovative architects, urban planners, landscape architects, journalists, artists, and environmental leaders the same question: what gives you the hope that a sustainable future is possible? Their imaginative answers--covering everything from the cooling strategies employed at Cambodia's ancient temple city of Angkor Wat to the use of cutting-edge eco-friendly mushroom board as a replacement for Styrofoam--show the way to our future success on earth and begin a much-needed dialogue about what we can realistically accomplish in the decades ahead. Featuring an international roster of leading design thinkers including:* Biomimicry pioneer Janine Benyus* Curator Barry Bergdoll* Educator and author Alan Berger* Environmentalist and author Lester Brown* Architect Rick Cook* Urban Planner Paul Farmer* Critic Christopher Hume* Architect Bjarke Ingels* Landscape designer Mia Lehrer* Architect Rob Rogers* Critic Inga Saffron* Artist Janet Echelman
- Copyright:
- 2015
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781616894238
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781616893002
- Publisher:
- Princeton Architectural Press
- Date of Addition:
- 04/21/15
- Copyrighted By:
- Princeton Architectural Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.