<![CDATA[The Book Company: New Products - Sustainability & Green Design]]> https://www.thebookco.com Fri, 15 May 2026 06:23:40 +0000 <![CDATA[Urgent Architecture (40 Sustainable Housing Solutions for a Changing World)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/urgent-architecture-40-sustainable-housing-solutions-for-a-changing-world/ Sat, 30 Jul 2016 21:40:53 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/urgent-architecture-40-sustainable-housing-solutions-for-a-changing-world/ Urgent Architecture (40 Sustainable Housing Solutions for a Changing World) by Bridgette Meinhold, 9780393733587How can we adequately provide housing when disaster strikes, whether that disaster is weather related, like hurricanes, floods, and droughts, happens in a matter of minutes from an earthquake or tsunami, through a slow process like rising sea levels, or is the result of civil disorder or poverty? ..

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]]> Urgent Architecture (40 Sustainable Housing Solutions for a Changing World) by Bridgette Meinhold, 9780393733587How can we adequately provide housing when disaster strikes, whether that disaster is weather related, like hurricanes, floods, and droughts, happens in a matter of minutes from an earthquake or tsunami, through a slow process like rising sea levels, or is the result of civil disorder or poverty? ..

Price: $49.95

]]> <![CDATA[Understanding Green Building Materials]]> https://www.thebookco.com/understanding-green-building-materials/ Sat, 30 Jul 2016 20:54:22 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/understanding-green-building-materials/ Understanding Green Building Materials by Traci Rose Rider, Stacy Glass, Jessica McNaughton, 9780393733174From eco-friendly sheetrock to sustainable paint finishes, the green building movement is gaining momentum. But with new products, manufacturers, and standards being introduced routinely, how are architects or designers to know what's best for their projects? This book summarizes what is available..

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]]> Understanding Green Building Materials by Traci Rose Rider, Stacy Glass, Jessica McNaughton, 9780393733174From eco-friendly sheetrock to sustainable paint finishes, the green building movement is gaining momentum. But with new products, manufacturers, and standards being introduced routinely, how are architects or designers to know what's best for their projects? This book summarizes what is available..

Price: $24.95

]]> <![CDATA[Greening Modernism (Preservation, Sustainability, and the Modern Movement)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/greening-modernism-preservation-sustainability-and-the-modern-movement/ Sat, 30 Jul 2016 20:18:08 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/greening-modernism-preservation-sustainability-and-the-modern-movement/ Greening Modernism (Preservation, Sustainability, and the Modern Movement) by Carl Stein, 9780393732832For the past quarter-century, mainstream architecture has proceeded on the underlying belief that we have the resources to build whatever and as much as we want and that technology can overcome any problems we create for ourselves through our building activities. The serious shortages that now con..

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]]> Greening Modernism (Preservation, Sustainability, and the Modern Movement) by Carl Stein, 9780393732832For the past quarter-century, mainstream architecture has proceeded on the underlying belief that we have the resources to build whatever and as much as we want and that technology can overcome any problems we create for ourselves through our building activities. The serious shortages that now con..

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]]> <![CDATA[Understanding Green Building Guidelines (For Students and Young Professionals)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/understanding-green-building-guidelines-for-students-and-young-professionals/ Sat, 30 Jul 2016 19:50:48 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/understanding-green-building-guidelines-for-students-and-young-professionals/ Understanding Green Building Guidelines (For Students and Young Professionals) by Traci Rose Rider, 9780393732634Many professions are increasingly producing tools to assist clients in breaking down and understanding the different elements that reside under the umbrella of the sustainability movement. For the design and construction professions, this unpacking often takes the form of green building guidelines..

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]]> Understanding Green Building Guidelines (For Students and Young Professionals) by Traci Rose Rider, 9780393732634Many professions are increasingly producing tools to assist clients in breaking down and understanding the different elements that reside under the umbrella of the sustainability movement. For the design and construction professions, this unpacking often takes the form of green building guidelines..

Price: $19.95

]]> <![CDATA[Parks, Plants, and People (Beautifying the Urban Landscape)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/parks-plants-and-people-beautifying-the-urban-landscape/ Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:45:11 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/parks-plants-and-people-beautifying-the-urban-landscape/ Parks, Plants, and People (Beautifying the Urban Landscape) by Lynden B. Miller, 9780393732030An internationally renowned public garden designer, with 27 years’ experience and an artist’s eye, Lynden Miller has changed the face of New York City’s public places by providing a connection with nature for neighborhoods, rich and poor. Parks, Plants and People describes the elements of successf..

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]]> Parks, Plants, and People (Beautifying the Urban Landscape) by Lynden B. Miller, 9780393732030An internationally renowned public garden designer, with 27 years’ experience and an artist’s eye, Lynden Miller has changed the face of New York City’s public places by providing a connection with nature for neighborhoods, rich and poor. Parks, Plants and People describes the elements of successf..

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]]> <![CDATA[Green Roofs in Sustainable Landscape Design]]> https://www.thebookco.com/green-roofs-in-sustainable-landscape-design/ Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:43:33 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/green-roofs-in-sustainable-landscape-design/ Green Roofs in Sustainable Landscape Design by Steven L. Cantor, Steven Peck, 9780393731682Green roofs offer many aesthetic benefits as well as environmental ones. Landscape architect Steven Cantor gives the basic terminology of green roof design, defines the green roof types, reviews materials of construction and methods of installation, and explores sixty projects in detail, ident..

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]]> Green Roofs in Sustainable Landscape Design by Steven L. Cantor, Steven Peck, 9780393731682Green roofs offer many aesthetic benefits as well as environmental ones. Landscape architect Steven Cantor gives the basic terminology of green roof design, defines the green roof types, reviews materials of construction and methods of installation, and explores sixty projects in detail, ident..

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]]> <![CDATA[Energy Efficient Buildings (Architecture, Engineering, and Environment)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/energy-efficient-buildings-architecture-engineering-and-environment/ Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:41:03 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/energy-efficient-buildings-architecture-engineering-and-environment/ Energy Efficient Buildings (Architecture, Engineering, and Environment) by Wayne Forster, Dean Hawkes, 9780393730920Exploring the evolving relationship between architecture and engineering, this book examines the environmental function and performance of buildings in the twenty-first century. Critical studies of outstanding recent building projects around the world reveal the many innovative ways designers can ..

Price: $75.00

]]> Energy Efficient Buildings (Architecture, Engineering, and Environment) by Wayne Forster, Dean Hawkes, 9780393730920Exploring the evolving relationship between architecture and engineering, this book examines the environmental function and performance of buildings in the twenty-first century. Critical studies of outstanding recent building projects around the world reveal the many innovative ways designers can ..

Price: $75.00

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