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Design for a Vulnerable Planet
Frederick Steiner
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Description for Design for a Vulnerable Planet
Hardback. Spotlighting innovative design projects in places ranging from Texas to Italy and China, this book sounds a call for architects, designers, and regional planners to create a built environment that works on a regional scale in harmony with the planet's ecology. Series: Roger Fullington Series in Architecture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 217 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 611. Weight in Grams: 1248.
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We inhabit a vulnerable planet. The devastation caused by natural disasters such as the southern Asian tsunami, Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, and the earthquakes in China's Sichuan province, Haiti, and Chile-as well as the ongoing depletion and degradation of the world's natural resources caused by a burgeoning human population-have made it clear that "business as usual" is no longer sustainable....
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Roger Fullington Series in Architecture
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292723856
SKU
V9780292723856
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About Frederick Steiner
Frederick Steiner is the Henry M. Rockwell Chair in Architecture and Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the American Academy in Rome. His most recent books include The Essential Ian McHarg: Writings on Design and Nature, Planning and Urban Design Standards:...
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The strengths of Design for a Vulnerable Planet lie with its engaging, diverse, and reflective narrative. Steiner draws on decades of firsthand experience and knowledge of the architecture, landscape architecture, and planning fields. The chapters are (mostly) short and readable, and they provide a breadth of views on design and a variety of scales of action…. The book contributes to...
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