Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Design
"Daniel Williams's Sustainable Design is . . . a thoroughly practical
call for the design professions to take the next steps toward
transformation of the human prospect toward a future that is sustainable
and sustaining of the best in human life lived in partnership not
domination."
--From the Foreword by David W. Orr, the Paul Sears Distinguished
Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Chair of the
Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College
"In this pioneering book, Daniel Williams provides the sort of
intelligent, thoughtful, experienced insights that--if followed--will
ensure that we make the right choices. It should be on the desk of every
architect in the world."
--Denis Hayes, president and CEO of the Bullitt Foundation and
coordinator of the first Earth Day in 1970
Architects identify "sustainability" as the most important change in the
future of their profession. Sustainable Design: Ecology, Architecture,
and Planning is a practical, comprehensive guide to design and plan a
built environment compatible with the region's economic, social, and
ecological patterns.
In this book, Daniel Williams challenges professionals to rethink
architecture and to see their projects not as objects but as critical,
connected pieces of the whole, essential to human health as well as to
regional economy and ecology. Comprehensive in scope, Sustainable Design
answers key questions such as:
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How do I begin thinking and designing ecologically?
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What is the difference between "green design" and "sustainable
design"?
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What are some examples of effective change I can make that will have the
most impact for the least cost?
Written for architects, planners, landscape architects, engineers,
public officials, and change agent professionals, this important
resource defines the issues of sustainable design, illustrates
conceptual and case studies, and provides support for continued learning
in this increasingly central focus of architects' and urban planners'
work.
Williams's book features winning projects from the first decade of the
AIA's Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten award program.
