The Restorative Home: Ecological Houses by Architect David Hertz - Rilegato

Webb, Michael

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ISBN 10: 1941806694 ISBN 13: 9781941806692

Casa editrice: Oro Editions, 2015

Riassunto

This monograph respresents over a dozen houses selected from the last 30 years, from one of the pioneers in sustainable architecture. With a forward by Michael Webb this large landscape formatted book is beautifully laid out with striking photographs depicting not only the finished works, but some showing the unique construction process as well. Each residence has a detailed project description and select drawings that explain the design process and how modern materials can be exploited to create self–sustaining homes, which work to restore not just the environment around them, but the people who call them home.

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L'autore:

Architect David Hertz is the founder and president of David Hertz FAIA Architects, inc. and S.E.A., the Studio of Environmental Architecture, which he established in 1984. David is a founding member of the AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) as well as the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and was involved in the first LEED Platinum Commercial and Residential Projects in the U.S. Since 1990 David has been on the Academic Advisory Committee and the faculty of the UCLA Arc- ID Program teaching sustainable design courses. David has also taught at the USC School of Architecture, SCI-ARC and Art Center College of Design. David has been serving on the Task Force of the Environment for the City of Santa Monica for over a decade, and is involved in numerous social and environmental non- profits worldwide.

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• Editore: Oro Editions
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1941806694
• ISBN 13: 9781941806692
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 209