Eco-Urban Design
"Eco-Urban Design" focuses on the unprecedented challenges currently faced by architects and designers. In a world where climate change, diminishing natural resources and an increasing global population have become indisputable facts of life there is now
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John A. Flannery • Karen M. Smith
Eeo-Urban Design
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John A. Aannery Boston Spa Media 108 High Street Boston Spa Leeds LS23 6DR United Kingdom www.bostonspamedia.com
Karen M. Smith
Boston Spa Media 108 High Street Boston Spa Leeds LS23 6DR United Kingdom
www.bostonspamedia.com
ISBN 978-94-007-0368-1 e-ISBN 978-94-007-0369-8 DOl 10.1007/978-94-007-0369-8 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Conlrol Number: 2011928315 Cl Springer Scieore>Business Media RV. 2011
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Eeo-uRBAN DESIGN John A. Flannery and Karen M. Smith
Eeo - URBAN DESIGN 4
Introduction
Public Buildings
Commercial Properties
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Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 Headquarters. Denwr. USA
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40 A1bert Road, Melboume, Australia
16 California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, USA
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The New York Times Building, New" York, USA
26 Cesar Chavez Ubrary, Phoenix. USA
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Norddeutsche LBndesbank, Hannover, Gennany
34 Bay Educational Center. Providence. USA
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11i South Waeker. Chicago. USA
42 Green Dot School E. 27th Street Charter High Schools. Los Angeles. USA
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Silverspur. Palos Vertles. USA
50 Philadephia Forensic Science Center. Philadelphia, USA
104 Horizon serono, Geneva, Switzerland
56 Gleneagles Community Centre. VanCOUller, Canada
Social Housing
Private Homes
116 Near North Apartments, Chicago, USA
170 The Margarido House, Oakland, USA
126 Lavarack Barracks, Townsville, Australia
178 Gap House, London, England
134 Urban Canyon, Seattie, USA
186 Ehrlich Residence, Santa Monica, USA
142 Thin Rats, Philadephia, USA
194 opusHouse, Darmstadt, Germany
158 La Petite Mai50n du Weekend, Any Outdoor Site, Canada
202 The Judkins Park House, Seattle, USA
210 Solar Tube, Vienna, Austria 162 Lohbach Multiple Indepenence, Innsbruck, Austria 216 The RainShine House, Decatur, USA
Mankind's original primitive habitat, the cave, provided shelter from wind and rain, shade from the sun, and natural ventilation. Fuel for heat, light and cooking was found locally from sustainable sources. Successive generations of cave dwellers left minimal impact on the environment. However, since the moment early man was compelled to venture further afield in search of food and shelter for a multiplying population, subsequent building activity has gradually impacted on the resources of the planet. We have now reached the point where these resources have become seriously depleted. The challenge now facing 21" century mankind is to provide evolved buildings that no longer endanger
