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Ecological Buildings
In contrast to a decade ago, when ecological architecture was considered a luxury, it has now become essentially impossible to build without considering sustainability issues. Aspects of ecological balance have become an important part in the planning and construction process. In recent years, a canon of standard methods and possibilities has emerged to achieve this goal of environmentally friendly architecture. However, there are architects whose ideas and techniques for sustainable buildings go beyond the standards that have now been established such as the LEED rating system and are sometimes also mandatory. This publication discusses such new and innovative solutions for ecological construction. The author presents projects from all over the world that stand out from the standard measures and concepts and point the way to the future.
192 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2021
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January 10, 2024
The book is a collection of buildings with strong green credentials. Beyond that collection, the book does not do much.
From what I can tell, the text is lifted verbatim from the architects websites, or lightly edited to focus on the green elements, or worst, poorly machine translated from the original language. I was originally confused as to the inconsistencies in the language quality, but when I realized some were lifted from English language architects, whereas the more awkward ones were translated from other languages, it made sense. But by reusing blurbs, it also removed any sort of viewpoint of an author, who ideally should have been comparing approaches different building used in a consistent manner.
I don't know if the publisher had the rights to republish the content (it is free advertising for these architecture firms after all), but it does not at all make it clear that the content is taken from other sources. If this were the president of an Ivy League university, they would be forced to step down by now.
From what I can tell, the text is lifted verbatim from the architects websites, or lightly edited to focus on the green elements, or worst, poorly machine translated from the original language. I was originally confused as to the inconsistencies in the language quality, but when I realized some were lifted from English language architects, whereas the more awkward ones were translated from other languages, it made sense. But by reusing blurbs, it also removed any sort of viewpoint of an author, who ideally should have been comparing approaches different building used in a consistent manner.
I don't know if the publisher had the rights to republish the content (it is free advertising for these architecture firms after all), but it does not at all make it clear that the content is taken from other sources. If this were the president of an Ivy League university, they would be forced to step down by now.
August 12, 2025
Sure these structures might be sustainable, but the design is just... (--)//~
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