Green Architecture

Multilingual Edition. The most exciting new buildings today are almost all environmentally aware, sustainable, and conceived to consume less energy than ever before. Discover the best examples of green projects from the Architecture Now! series in this handy Bibliotheca Universalis edition.

Celebrated architects like Frank Gehry and Norman Foster are presented alongside young up-and-coming creators from all over the world. Filled with plans, renderings of proposed projects, and stunning architectural photography, this is nothing short of an encyclopedia of eco-design.

From a water treatment facility to an art museum, luxurious holiday homes to commercial structures, these buildings all make a bold environmental statement. Being "green" means being aware of the responsibility in the construction and use of modern buildings; some solutions are as old as the history of architecture, while others are born of cutting-edge technologies. Explore these approaches and many more in this groundbreaking collection showcasing 100 of the world's most innovative eco-friendly buildings.

Sprouting with fresh ideas and sunny outlooks, this compact edition brings together the best examples of contemporary green buildings today. Well-known architects like Frank Gehry and Norman Foster sit alongside young, up-and-coming creators. Each entry introduces a key project through plans, photos, and a close reading of the sustainable and ecological nature of the design.

This book is from the series "Bibliotheca Universalis".

Introduction - Einleitung/Introduction
24h Architecture - Panyaden School Chiang Mai
70f - Petting Farm Almere
Effan Adhiwira - Green School Badung
Aff - "Hutznhaisl" Tellerhäuser
Aldinger Architekten - Cafeteria And Day Care Center, Waldorf School Stuttgart
Emilio Ambasz - Ospedale Dell'angelo Venice-Mestre
Auer + Weber + Assoziierte - Buildings In Chenshan Botanical Garden Shanghai
Pieta-Linda Auttila - Wisa Wooden Design Hotel Helsinki
Balmori Associates - The Garden That Climbs The Stairs Bilbao
Shigeru Ban - Papertainer Museum Seoul / Nomadic Museum New York; Santa Monica; Tokyo
Charles Barclay - Kielder Observatory Kielder
Barlindhaug Consult As - Svalbard Global Seed Vault Longyearbyen
Sebastian Bergne - LEGO Greenhouse London
Big - The Mountain Copenhagen
Patrick Blanc - Caixaforum Vertical Garden Madrid
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Grand Teton Discovery And Visitor Center Grand Teton National Park / Combs Point Residence Finger Lakes Region
Carney Logan Burke Architects - Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Grand Teton National Park
Marco Casagrande - Chen House Sanjhih
Casey Brown - Permanent Camping Mudgee
Edward Cullinan - Downland Gridshell Singleton
Decoi Architects - One Main Cambridge
Diller Scofidio + Renfro - Hypar Pavilion Lawn New York
Vladimir Djurovic - Samir Kassir Square Beirut
DRN Architects - La Baronia House Quintero / House at Punta Chilen Chiloé Island
Dumay + Fones + Vergara - Fuente Nueva Chapel Lake Rupanco
Ecosistema Urbano - Ecoboulevard of Vallecas Madrid
Shuhei Endo - Bubbletecture H Sayo-cho
Eth-Studio Monte Rosa / Bearth & Deplazes - New Monte Rosa Hut SAC Zermatt
Felix-Delubac - Ecolodge Siwa
Float - Watershed Willamette Valley
Norman Foster - Chesa Futura St. Moritz / Masdar Institute Abu Dhabi
Glavovic Studio - Young Circle Artspark Hollywood
Nicholas Grimshaw - The Eden Project St Austell
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol - Lurie Garden Chicago
Heberle Mayer - U6 Berlin Penthouse Berlin
Anna Heringer And Eike Roswag - Handmade School Rudrapur
Steven Holl - Vanke Center / Horizontal Skyscraper Shenzhen
Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden - Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre Osoyoos
Iroje Khm Architects - Lim Geo Dang Go Yang / Hye Ro Hun Gwangju
Junya Ishigami - Greenhouses, Japanese Pavilion Venice
Jackson Clements Burrows - Cape Schanck House Cape Schanck
Chris Jacobs - Vertical Farm Harlem
James Corner Field Operations / Diller Scofidio + Renfro - The High Line New York
Jensen & Skodvin Architects - Tautra Maria Convent Tautra Island / Juvet Landscape Hotel Gudbrandsjuvet
Emma Johansson And Timo Leiviskä - Anttolanhovi Art and Design Villas Mikkeli Johnsen Schmaling Architects - Camouflage House Green Lake
Françoise-Hélène Jourda - Mont-Cenis Academy And Municipal District Center Herne
Raymond Jungles - Coconut Grove Coconut Grove
Kempe Thill - Hedge Building Rostock
Kierantimberlake - Sidwell Friends Middle School Washington, D.C.
Mathias Klotz - La Roca House Punta Del Este
Kengo Kuma - Glass Wood House New Canaan / Yusuhara Marché Yusuhara
Lacaton & Vassal - Social Housing, Cité Manifeste Mulhouse
Lassila Hirvilammi Architects - Kärsämäki Church Kärsämäki
Nic Lehoux And Jacqueline Darjes - The Lilypad Point Roberts
Li Xiaodong - Yuhu Elementary School Lijiang
Miii Architecten - Environmental Education Center Hoorn
Ken Sungjin Min - Kumgang Ananti Golf & Spa Resort Gangwon-Do
Modus - Damiani Holz & Ko Headquarters Bressanone
Morphosis - Giant Interactive Group Corporate Headquarters Shanghai
Alberto Mozó Bip - Computer Office And Shop Santiago De Chile
Victor Neves - Reorganization Of The Riverside Of Esposende Esposende
Nikken Sekkei - Sony City Osaki Tokyo
Rolf Karl Nimmrichter - S House Dietlikon
Office Da - Helios House Los Angeles
Carlos Ott - Playa Vik Faro José Ignacio
Sergio Palleroni - Zhong-Xiao Boulevard Urban Ecological Corridor Taipei
Renzo Piano - Renovation And Expansion Of The California Academy Of Sciences San Francisco Pushak - Lillefjord Måsøy
Sarc Architects - Metla, Finnish Forest Research Institute Joensuu
Saunders & Wilhelmsen - Summer House Hardanger Fjord
Search - Posbank Tea Pavilion Rheden
Ken Smith - Santa Fe Railyard Park And Plaza Santa Fe
Werner Sobek - H16 Tieringen
Germán Del Sol - Hotel Remota Puerto Natales
Studio Mumbai - Palmyra House Nandgaon
Michael Van Valkenburgh - Connecticut Water Treatment Facility New Haven
Koen Van Velsen - Media Authority Building Hilversum
Why Architecture - Grand Rapids Art Museum Grand Rapids
WMR - Till House Los Arcos / Mandakovic House Los Arcos
Kyu Sung Woo - Putney Mountain House Putney
Work Architecture Company - Public Farm 1 Long Island City
Zhu Xiaofeng Scenic Architecture - The Green Pine Garden Qingpu
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