ISBN10: 1586855301, ISBN13: 9781586855307, [publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers August 2005] Hardcover Design for Life: The Architecture of Sim Van der Ryn surveys the work and principles of Sim Van der Ryn, a world leader in the field of sustainable architecture. Sharing his years of experience as a teacher and using his building designs as examples, the author shows us that buildings are not objects but organisms, and cities are not machines but complex ecosystems.Design for Life illustrates how Van der Ryn came to see the shifting patterns in nature and how these patterns profoundly affect how people live and work in the structures we build. Van der Ryn explores how architecture has created physical and mental barriers that separate people from the natural world, and how to recover the soul of architecture and reconnect with our natural surroundings. Appointed California State Architect by then-Governor Jerry Brown, Van der Ryn introduced the nation's first energy-efficient government building projects. His vision heralded a Golden Age of ecologically sensitive design and resulted in the adoption of strict energy standards and disability access standards for all state buildings and parks. Van der Ryn has helped inspire architects to see the myriad ways they can apply physical and social ecology to architecture and environmental design.Sim Van der Ryn is the president of Van der Ryn Architects, a northern California firm known worldwide for its work in ...

ISBN10: 1586855301, ISBN13: 9781586855307, [publisher: Gibbs Smith] Hardcover
[Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]

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[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]

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