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. Ed(S): Parr, Adrian; Zaretsky, Michael - New Directions in Sustainable Design - 9780415780377 - V9780415780377
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New Directions in Sustainable Design

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Description for New Directions in Sustainable Design Paperback. Brings together various perspectives on sustainability. Combining a series of authors in contemporary philosophy with practitioners of sustainable design, this book develops a coherent theoretical framework for how a philosophy of sustainability might engage with the growing practice of sustainable design. Editor(s): Parr, Adrian; Zaretsky, Michael. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 black & white tables, 50 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AMCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 192 x 16. Weight in Grams: 720.

Recently there has been a plethora of work published on the topic of sustainability, much of which is purely theoretical or technical in its approach. More often than not these books fail to introduce readers to the larger challenge of what thinking sustainably might entail.

Combining a series of well know authors in contemporary philosophy with established practitioners of sustainable design, this book develops a coherent theoretical framework for how theories of sustainability might engage with the growing practice of design. This book:

  • brings together new and emerging perspectives on sustainability
  • provides cohesive and jargon-free reading
  • articulates the specificity of both theory and practice, ... Read more

This volume describes a variety of new ways to approach sustainable design and it equips the next generation of designers with necessary conceptual tools for thinking sustainably.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415780377
SKU
V9780415780377
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About . Ed(S): Parr, Adrian; Zaretsky, Michael
Adrian Parr is an Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and the School of Architecture and Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati, and a Distinguished Fellow of iCinema at the University of New South Wales. She is the author of Hijacking Sustainability (MIT Press, 2009), Deleuze and Memorial Culture (Edinburgh University Press, 2008), and ... Read more

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