BIG - hot to cold : an odyssey of architectural adaptation
2015
Books, Manuscripts
An odyssey of architectural adaptation from BIG, Bjarke Ingels Group, this follows the success of }Yes Is More{. Presents 60 case studies in harsh climate change conditions, and finding architectural solutiosn to ecomonic and environmental living. Architecture is the art and science of accommodating the lives we want to live. Our cities and buildings aren't givens; they are the way they are because that is as far as we have come to date. They are the best efforts of our ancestors and fellow planetizens, and if they have shortcomings, it is up to us to continue that effort, pick up where they left off. Bjarke Ingels Group's (BIG) grand mission is to find a pragmatic utopia, shaping not only a particular structural entity, but the kind of world we wish to inhabit. This book examines BIG's odyssey of architectural adaptation.
Author:
BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, creator
Imprint:
Koln : Taschen, 2015.
Collation:
712 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9783836557399 (pbk)
Dewey class:
720.47
LC class:
NA2541
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2058959
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