{"product_id":"sustainable-building-design-vidar-lerum-9780415840743","title":"Sustainable Building Design: Learning from Nineteenth-Century Innovations","description":"\u003cp\u003eA twenty-first century renaissance is emerging in architecture. After a century of building designs characterized by high energy demand, low quality lighting and poor thermal comfort, the fundamental questions must be asked again: is there a better path to designing the most energy efficient, comfortable, functional and beautiful buildings for a sustainable future? While seeking solutions for the future, are there lessons to be learned from the best buildings of the past?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSustainable Building Design explores outstanding buildings and building designs of the twenty-first century, with an emphasis on the artistry of masters of architecture who came before. By dissecting and analyzing great public buildings of the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, materials, techniques, and methods are discovered. This book presents the reader with clues and suggestions that will reveal the secrets of these buildings and by doing so provides the reader with a thorough understanding of how these architectural masterpieces work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing photographs, drawings, sections, plans and diagrams which are painstakingly redrawn for consistency and clarity based on a wide range of documentation, Vidar Lerum compares works of architecture from the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries. The reader is presented with a careful analysis of each building, providing a compelling sourcebook of ideas for students and professional architects alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vidar Lerum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415840740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415840743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 8.60w x 0.70d","brand":"Vidar Lerum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447747686655,"sku":"9780415840743","price":70.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29db6868-e377-415c-b012-f5612f96da02.jpg?v=1777234538","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sustainable-building-design-vidar-lerum-9780415840743","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}