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When is a house ecological? Does the use of natural materials and solar cells on the roof make a building an example of ""green"" architecture? Perhaps even Antoni Gaud? and Frank Lloyd Wright designed ""greener"" buildings than most contemporary architects, whose low-energy houses scarcely differ outwardly from traditional ones. James Wines puts up the various - and often irreconcilable - concepts of environmentally-friendly architecture for discussion, making a case for an architecture that not only focuses on technological solutions, but also tries to reconcile man and nature in its formal idiom. Among the examples of contemporary ecological architecture presented are works by Emilio Ambasz, Gustav Peichl, Arthur Quarmby, Jean Nouvel, Sim Van der Ryn, Jourda and Perraudin, Log ID, James Cutler, Stanley Saitowitz, Fran'ois Roche, Nigel Coates and Michael Sorkin.

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• Preface(p. 8)
• Foreword(p. 11)
• Nature's Revenge: A Brief Survey of 20th-century Green History(p. 16)
• Eco-Philosophy an Early Green History(p. 35)
• Environmental Architecture Today(p. 64)
• Integration of Architecture and Landscape(p. 69)
• "Borrowed from Nature"--Organic Forms and Cosmic Symbolism(p. 78)
• Architecture in its Cultural Context(p. 102)
• Translating Technology into Art(p. 132)
• Green Design Research and Technological Innovations(p. 146)
• Building a Bridge to the Common Client(p. 161)
• The Sociological Aspects of Green Architecture--Urbanism(p. 184)
• Prophetic Visions for the Future(p. 194)
• Conclusion--Turning over a New Leaf(p. 226)
• Bibliography(p. 238)
• Index(p. 239)
• Credits and Acknowledgements(p. 240)

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Wines (dean of architecture, Univ. of Pennsylvania) proposes to steer the architecture profession away from the "vacuous shape-making" of "academic Modernism" toward an ecology-centered aesthetic. Wines is best known as the founder of SITE (Sculpture in the Environment), which produced the iconoclastic and whimsical BEST Products showrooms. He argues that mainstream Modernism is misdirected, ultimately isolating humans from nature in "machines for living in." Among such greats as Le Corbusier, Mies, Johnson, and Gehry, only Wright escapes his accusations of environmental insensitivity. This generously illustrated alternative history spotlights an eclectic assortment of lesser-known architects (including Wines himself) who in widely varying degrees incorporate ecological awareness into their designs. In De-architecture, Wines explored architecture's psychosocial relevance; now he offers the latest installment in his crusade to expand the limited vision of today's architects, spurring them on to create structures that respond equally to the needs of the natural environment and its inhabitants. Strongly recommended for academic and large public libraries in search of divergent viewpoints.DDavid Soltsz, Cuyahoga Cty. P.L., Parma, OH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.