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“sim van der ryn”

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  • Ecological Design, Tenth Anniversary Edition

    by Sim Van der Ryn, Stuart Cowan ...
    Ecological Design is a landmark volume that helped usher in an exciting new era in green design and sustainability planning. Since its initial publication in 1996, the book has been critically important in sparking dialogue and triggering collaboration across spatial scales and design professions in pursuit of buildings, products, and landscapes with radically decreased environmental impacts. This ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Design for an Empathic World

    Reconnecting People, Nature, and Self

    by Sim Van der Ryn ...
    Despite an uncertain economy, the market for green building is exploding. The US green building market has expanded dramatically since 2008 and is projected to double in size by 2015 (from $42 billion in construction starts to $135 billion). But green-building pioneer Sim Van der Ryn says, “greening” our buildings is not enough. He advocates for “empathic design”, in which a designer not only ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Culture, Architecture and Nature

    An Ecological Design Retrospective

    by Sim Van der Ryn ...
    Gathering his most compelling essays and addresses from the last fifty years in one accessible volume, this book looks at the pioneering ideas that underpin Sim Van der Ryn’s ecological design philosophy. It offers a unique decade-by-decade retrospective of the key issues in environmental design, beginning with the most recent years and looking back to the 1960s. With an introductory chapter and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Designing with Nature In Mind

    by Sim Van der Ryn ...
    Narrated by Justine Willis Toms ...

    Unabridged

    57 min

    Van der Ryn has been leading the way for a more regenerative, resilient, and sustainable future as a pioneer of the green building movement. This movement emphasizes the value to our health and well-being of a direct connection to nature. Designing in collaboration with nature is a major tool toward creating a vital new architecture for an empathic world. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES Classic Novels: New Illustrated [Free Audio Links]

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  • Biophilic Cities

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    Tim Beatley has long been a leader in advocating for the "greening" of cities. But too often, he notes, urban greening efforts focus on everything except nature, emphasizing such elements as public transit, renewable energy production, and energy efficient building systems. While these are important aspects of reimagining urban living, they are not enough, says Beatley. We must remember that human ... Read more

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    Series series Island Press E-ssentials
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    How Regulations Affect Urban Form

    by Emily Talen ...
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    by Giuseppe Marinoni ...
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