Green Architecture [antikvár]

Man can hardly recognize the devils of his own creation. Albert Schweitzer Preface Page 6/7 Hill town Southern Italy c. 1400 Page 7 and 8 Plan Voisln Le Corbusier Paris, France Project, 1925 Architecture in the 20th century began as a celebration of the Age of Industry and Technology; but this is rapidly changing in response to a new Age of Information and Ecology. This book is intended as a general exploration of one of the most complex and problematic issues facing humanity over the next century - that is, how to construct a human habitat In harmony with nature. The purpose is to set the stage for an expanding creative dialogue, but not pretend to offer Utopian solutions for the damage wrought by construction technology and the waste of resources during the past 50 years. The text is really more about opening up Ideas and Issues for investigation and Identifying new directions in green design. The chapters include a review of 20th-century green architecture, a history of ecologically oriented shelter from Neolithic times to the present, and a survey of architects who are seeking to change the relationship between buildings and the environment. It Is a compendium of these designers' constructed and proposed works that, with varying degrees of success, are dealing with such issues as environmental technology, energy conservation, sustainability, and the conversion of all these elements Into architecture as art. Too often the problem with so-called green architecture is the conflict between having a strong sense of mission and an admirable commitment to ecological design principles, versus an overly righteous moral posturing and a failure to