{"product_id":"understanding-sustainable-architecture-helen-bennetts-9780415283526","title":"Understanding Sustainable Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Sustainable Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e is a review of the assumptions, beliefs, goals and bodies of knowledge that underlie the endeavour to design (more) sustainable buildings and other built developments. \u003cbr\u003eMuch of the available advice and rhetoric about sustainable architecture begins from positions where important ethical, cultural and conceptual issues are simply assumed. If sustainable architecture is to be a truly meaningful pursuit then it must be grounded in a coherent theoretical framework. This book sets out to provide that framework. Through a series of self-reflective questions for designers, the authors argue the ultimate importance of reasoned argument in ecological, social and built contexts, including clarity in the problem framing and linking this framing to demonstrably effective actions. Sustainable architecture, then, is seen as a revised conceptualisation of architecture in response to a myriad of contemporary concerns about the effects of human activity. \u003cbr\u003eThe aim of this book is to be transformative by promoting understanding and discussion of commonly ignored assumptions behind the search for a more environmentally sustainable approach to development. It is argued that design decisions must be based on both an ethical position and a coherent understanding of the objectives and systems involved. The actions of individual designers and appropriate broader policy settings both follow from this understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Bennetts, Antony Radford, Terry Williamson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415283523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415283526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.20w x 0.35d","brand":"Helen Bennetts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46747582136575,"sku":"9780415283526","price":63.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c13d450c-e848-46ec-940c-be5307e1a7af.jpg?v=1743584165","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-sustainable-architecture-helen-bennetts-9780415283526","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}