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Building with Vision
Daniel Imhoff
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Description for Building with Vision
Paperback. Combining environmental philosophy, information and visuals, this book presents solutions to wasteful tree-dependent construction and design. It details building methods to minimize wood waste, maximize efficiency, and emphasize the unique aesthetic properties of non-wood materials. Num Pages: 136 pages, 5b&w illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 183photos(148 colour ). BIC Classification: AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 396.
Part green building primer, part architectural photo essay, this is an essential resource for professionals and homeowners interested in the leading edge of environmental building. Imhoff traveled extensively to document and photograph beautiful and novel alternatives to wood intensive-building. Building with Vision is the first book to link residential building with forest impacts. Nearly 1.5 million new houses are built in the United States each year, 90 percent framed with wood, and the average house consuming an acre's worth of trees. But as Building with Vision shows, from framing and siding to new building systems and finish materials, there ... Read more
Part green building primer, part architectural photo essay, this is an essential resource for professionals and homeowners interested in the leading edge of environmental building. Imhoff traveled extensively to document and photograph beautiful and novel alternatives to wood intensive-building. Building with Vision is the first book to link residential building with forest impacts. Nearly 1.5 million new houses are built in the United States each year, 90 percent framed with wood, and the average house consuming an acre's worth of trees. But as Building with Vision shows, from framing and siding to new building systems and finish materials, there ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Watershed Media Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Boonville, United States
ISBN
9780970950000
SKU
V9780970950000
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Daniel Imhoff
Daniel Imhoff is Executive Director of Watershed Media, a nonprofit communications agency located in Northern California. He and photographer/designer Roberto Carra have collaborated on four previous books, including Farming with the Wild: Enchancing Biodiversity on Farms and Ranchers (Sierra Club Books, 2003)
Reviews for Building with Vision
"Building with Vision is timely and extremely useful, a must-have resource for every architectural studio across the country." Sim Van der Ryn, architect "A lens into the future of building." Zahid, Sardar, San Franciso Chronicle"