Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism : Design, Construction, Examples

This volume provides an overview of the various approaches and developments in sustainable architecture, followed by an in-depth section on urbanism looking at several European towns.

In the third section, the technologies, materials and methods of ecological architecture are examined.

The volume concludes with 23 examples from Europe, which include works of Metron, Behnisch & Partner, Sonia Cortesse, Ian Ritchie and Kauffmann Thelig & Partner, amongst others.

The author is an architect and has specialized in energy and environmental issues and ecological architecture for over 15 years.

She is the author of a monograph on the firm Behnisch & Partner.