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Buildings Are for People: Human Ecological Design
Contributor(s): Caplan, Bill (Author)

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 ISBN: 0993370616     ISBN-13: 9780993370618
Publisher: Green Frigate Books
OUR PRICE: $23.75  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Professional Practice
- Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning
- Architecture | Criticism
Dewey: 720.103
LCCN: 2015514592
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.5" W x 9.2" L (1.60 lbs) 324 pages
Themes:
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
 
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Buildings are for People: Human Ecological Design offers a new approach to the process of conceiving architectural design, one that considers the interactions of the built environment with people and the natural environment. The book exposes our visceral and experiential connections to buildings, and how buildings intervene directly with our ecosystem, natural environment and sense of place. It brings to light our ability to utilize a building's surfaces, shape and materiality to synergize with the energy and forces of nature for a more green and sustainable architecture. It points out many of the roadblocks to successful design including issues in education, the profession, regulation and the industry's institutions, providing an awareness that heretofore is rarely discussed. Most importantly, Buildings are for People: Human Ecological Design highlights the obvious, that buildings are built for people, a fact that seems to have been overlooked in the last half-century.
 
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