Sustainable building design :

Lerum, Vidar,

Sustainable building design : learning from nineteenth century innovations / Vidar Lerum. - London : Routledge, ©2015. - 296 pages : illustrations (colour)

After a century of building designs characterized by high energy demand, low quality lighting and poor thermal comfort, the fundamental questions must be asked again - is there a better path to designing the most energy efficient, comfortable, functional and beautiful buildings for a sustainable future? 'Sustainable Building Design' explores outstanding buildings and building designs of the twenty-first century, with an emphasis on the artistry of masters of architecture who came before. By dissecting and analyzing great public buildings of the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, materials, techniques, and methods are discovered.

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Sustainable architecture.
Architecture, Modern--19th century.
Architecture, Modern--21st century.
Architecture and Planning.