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Sustainability is the necessary future trend in architecture, and that future is fast approaching, with projects like these stepping forward to greet the challenge. These are the very latest, finest, most pioneering examples of work done in sustainable architecture in America. Gorgeous full-colour photographs and exhaustive commentary contributed by the designing studios create a volume as rich in information as it is in aesthetics. Here, particular emphasis has been placed on the materials and techniques employed (standard building materials ingeniously reworked, unconventional, but ecological solutions, such as bamboo, paper and even bottles and tires) in designing more efficient and autonomous energy systems. This is an absolutely indispensable analysis of sustainable architecture for any forward-thinking professional in the field. |