Timber and the Sustainable Home: Eight Architects Debate the Challenges Ahead - Couverture souple

White, Craig; Onken, John; Couling, Andy

 
9781900510578: Timber and the Sustainable Home: Eight Architects Debate the Challenges Ahead

Présentation de l'éditeur

Based on a series of candid interviews with architects and designers at the forefront of sustainable design, Timber and the sustainable home discusses how timber is being used to create attractive and more environmentally sound homes. Stricter building regulations and assessment methods are dictating higher energy saving standards in new housing, while the Code for Sustainable Homes defines an assessment system for achieving 'zero carbon' performance. Clearly, these requirements pose significant challenges for architects. This book draws on recent examples of sustainable design and considers innovative ideas for the future. The contributers to this compelling debate on how to develop attractive and sustainable timber solutions are BBM Sustainable Design, Edward Cullinan Architects, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Mole Architects, Moxon Architects, John Onken Architects, Studio KAP, White Design, Green building Council and National Green Specification. A wide selection of colour photographs and drawings demonstrate construction in progress and completed projects. A brief summary of the requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes is also included for reference.

Biographie de l'auteur

Written by experts at the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA), an internationally recognised centre of excellence on the specification and use of timber and wood products.

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