Sustainability & Green Design
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A Moratorium on New Construction
$22.00 Add to cartA massive value shift for existing buildings, infrastructure, materials, unbuilt land, earth, and the labor that holds our world together.
To build is to destroy, writes Charlotte Malterre-Barthes. Fr- Series: Sternberg Press / Critical Spatial Practice
- Author: Malterre-Barthes, Charlotte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 24 2025
- ISBN10: 1915609003
- Language: English
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The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
$28.00 Add to cartA fresh and innovative perspective on urban issues and creating sustainable cities
In The 15-Minute City: A Solution for Saving Our Time and Our Planet, human city pioneer and international scientifi
- Author: Moreno, Carlos
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1394228147
- Language: English
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Live Natural: A Relaxed Approach to Creating Healthy Homes
$45.00 Add to cartA beautiful, inspiring guide to building, designing, and decorating a natural living space that is healthier for your family and for the planet.
“In Live Natural, Ali Davin puts functionality before ae
- Author: Davin, Alison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1423665821
- Language: English
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The Art of Play: Designing the World’s Greatest Playscapes
$40.00 Add to cartThis photographic exploration of the world’s most imaginative and surprising playscapes spans artist-designed play sculptures, picturesque soft play spaces and wildly creative conceptual playgrounds,
- Author: Watts, Emmy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1914314697
- Language: English
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Houses Natural/Natural Houses
$65.00 Add to cartA seductive, stylish, compelling, and authoritative assembly of vanguard small-scale houses that tread very lightly in nature, leading the way for architects, homeowners, and dreamers to rethink ways … [more below]
- Author: Jodidio, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 084783431X
- Language: English
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Tree Houses. 40th Ed.
$35.00 Add to cartThe idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is as old as humanity. In this neat TASCHEN edition, take a tour of some of our finest arboreal adventures w
- Author: Jodidio, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 3836593394
- Language: English
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The Green Imperative: Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture
$16.95 Add to cartWhether it’s horror at the plastic littering the world’s beaches or despair at the melting polar ice caps, the world is gradually waking up to the impending climate disaster. In The Green Imperative,
- Author: Papanek, Victor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0500296197
- Language: English
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Cooling our Environment: An Architect’s Vision to Combat Global Warming
$20.00 Add to cartBuildings are places for comfort and joy. Buildings account for more than 40 percent of all emissions and have a huge impact on our environment. Professionals in the building industry are implementing
- Author: Sutaria, Kalpana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: December 10 2024
- ISBN10: 9798891325418
- Language: English
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The New Sustainable House: Planet-Friendly Home Design
$45.00 Add to cartDesigning with the environment in mind is not new. What is new is the increasing number of ways houses can be more sustainably built. With a fresh focus on design ingenuity and innovative technologies
- Author: Craswell, Penny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1760764779
- Language: English
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Solar Electricity Basics – Revised and Updated 2nd Edition: Powering Your Home or Office with Solar Energy
$19.99 Read moreA guide to choosing and using solar electricity systems from “the man who launched a thousand rooftop solar arrays . . . the essential go-to manual” (John D. Ivanko and Lisa Kivirist, coauthors of ECO
- Author: Chiras, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 086571925X
- Language: English
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Power of Landscape: Novel Narratives to Engage with the Energy Transition
$60.00 Read moreHow renewable energy technologies can transform our landscape for the better
The energy transition is in full swing: across the globe, windmills and solar panels are taking over from fossil fuels. But
- Author: Stremke, Sven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 28 2023
- ISBN10: 9462087164
- Language: English
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Essential Green Roof Construction: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide
$39.99 Read moreSimple green roof design and installation for the do-it-yourself builder
Essential Green Roof Construction is a comprehensive, in-depth guide to building simple green roofs for houses and small buildi
- Series: Sustainable Building Essentials
- Author: Doyle, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0865719152
- Language: English
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Into the Woods: Retreats and Dream Houses
$50.00 Read moreFor those who crave the tranquility of nature, fifty houses selected from around the world with the most ecologically sustainable and innovative breakthroughs in architecture and design.
Seeking the p- Author: Jodidio, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 24 2020
- ISBN10: 0847866076
- Language: English
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Essential Building Science: Understanding Energy and Moisture in High Performance House Design
$39.99 Read moreDown and dirty – a complete step-by-step guide to making, installing and living with beautiful, all-natural earthen floors
Poor heat and moisture management are the enemies of durable, comfortable,
- Series: Sustainable Building Essentials #3
- Author: Racusin, Jacob Deva
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 28 2016
- ISBN10: 0865718342
- Language: English
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Essential Cordwood Building: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide
$39.99 Read moreCordwood construction – log-ends set in insulated mortar – is a versatile, economical, low-impact, and beautiful building method. Its durability and performance has been proven in beautiful, centurie
- Series: Sustainable Building Essentials #6
- Author: Roy, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 05 2017
- ISBN10: 865718520
- Language: English
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African Water Cities
$50.00 Read moreA multipronged study of Africa’s innovative approaches to communal living in the face of climate change and urbanization
This volume presents essays, stories, research and photographs showing how Afric
- Author: Adeyemi, Kunle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 9462087768
- Language: English
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Log Cabins and Outbuildings: A Guide to Building Homes, Barns, Greenhouses, and More
$14.99 Read moreBuilding and constructing barns, outhouses, A-frames, greenhouses, outdoor recreation sites, boat landings, and more.
Homesteading is a lifestyle that people around the world gravitate toward–and fo- Author: The United States Department of Agricult
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1510739815
- Language: English
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The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience
$24.95 Read morePermaculture is more than just the latest buzzword; it offers positive solutions for many of the environmental and social challenges confronting us. And nowhere are those remedies more needed and desi
- Author: Hemenway, Toby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 31 2015
- ISBN10: 1603585265
- Language: English
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Container Architecture: Modular, Pre Fab, Affordable, Movable and Sustainable Living
$55.00 Read moreThe ultimate in sustainable architecture, containers provide a cheap and resilient building material with a myriad of possible applications. Modular, these self contained units are easy to attach to a… [more below]
- Author: Bach, David Andreu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 8499366627
- Language: English
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Off Grid House Plans
$29.95 Add to cartOff-Grid House Plans has more than 250 floor plans, sections, sketches, and elevations, as well as all the construction details in all projects. An Off-Grid system allows you to live without using a u… [more below]
- Author: Minguet, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2022
- ISBN10: 8417557261
- Language: English
