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  • Elemental Architecture

    Temperaments of Sustainability

    by Phillip James Tabb ...
    Elemental Architecture presents a new and refreshing approach to sustainable architectural practice. Going beyond the standard performance-based and quantitative sustainable measures, it incorporates a broader framework of considerations, including the more poetic and noetic possibilities of environmental design.The book is structured around the ancient Greek and medieval alchemists’ system of the ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Spiritual Wellness and the Built Environment

    by Phillip James Tabb ...
    Imagine a world where buildings and cities actively nurture our well-being, not just physically but spiritually. There is a growing awareness of the need for a more inclusive and comprehensive approach to wellness strategies in everyday life. This book explores spiritual wellness as a foundational attribute of urban planning and design with the hope of influencing a more flourishing trajectory of ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • Placemaking Through Myths, Experience, and Drawing

    by Phillip James Tabb ...
    This book reveals the profound connections between placemaking, mythology, and experience as focused on creating vital and meaningful places through the process of drawing. By delving into these concepts, Tabb explores how we can unlock powerful tools for designers, architects, planners, and communities. Exploring ancient stories, embarking on journeys to historic places, and cultivating the art ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • Thin Place Design

    Architecture of the Numinous

    by Phillip James Tabb ...
    What makes the places we inhabit extraordinary? Why are some urban spaces more vital and restorative? Wonderful landscapes, inspiring works of architecture and urban design, and the numinous experiences that accompany them have been an integral dimension of our culture. Up-lifting spaces, dramatic use of natural light, harmonic proportional geometry, magical landscapes, historic sites and vital ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Wellness Architecture and Urban Design

    by Phillip James Tabb, Lahra Tatriele ...
    Wellness is a contemporary concept with deep ancient roots promoting preventative and holistic activities, lifestyle choices, and salient architecture and urban design practices. Wellness Architecture and Urban Design presents definitions, an analysis of the wellness literature, and a brief history of the wellness movement. Specific planning and design strategies are presented citing examples ... Read more

    $74.99 CAD

  • Serene Urbanism

    A biophilic theory and practice of sustainable placemaking

    by Phillip James Tabb ...
    Serenity is becoming alarmingly absent from our daily existence, especially within the urban context. Time is dense and space is tumultuous. The idea of the serene has gained currency in postmodern discussions, and when combined with urbanism conjures questions, even contradictions, as the two ideas seem improbable yet their correspondence seems so inherently desirable. Integrated, these two ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • The Greening of Architecture

    A Critical History and Survey of Contemporary Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design

    by Phillip James Tabb, A. Senem Deviren ...
    Contemporary architecture, and the culture it reflects dependent as it is on fossil fuels, has contributed to the cause and necessity of a burgeoning green process that emerged over the past half century. This text is the first to offer a comprehensive critical history and analysis of the greening of architecture through accumulative reduction of negative environmental effects caused by buildings, ... Read more

    $129.99 CAD

  • Biophilic Urbanism

    Designing Resilient Communities for the Future

    by Phillip James Tabb ...
    Biophilic Urbanism provides readers with the tools to create more nature-based urban environments that are climate positive, sustainable, and healthy. The principles of biophilia are intended to support appreciation and direct engagement with nature, to responsibly utilize on-site natural resources, and to plan according to climatic conditions and local ecological processes. It seeks to create ... Read more

    $74.99 CAD

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  • The Shape of Green

    Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design

    by Lance Hosey ...
    Does going green change the face of design or only its content? The first book to outline principles for the aesthetics of sustainable design, The Shape of Green argues that beauty is inherent to sustainability, for how things look and feel is as important as how they’re made.In addition to examining what makes something attractive or emotionally pleasing, Hosey connects these questions with ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Nature by Design

    The Practice of Biophilic Design

    by Stephen R. Kellert ...
    Biophilia is the theory that people possess an inherent affinity for nature, which developed during the long course of human evolution. In recent years, studies have revealed that this inclination continues to be a vital component to human health and wellbeing. Given the pace and scale of construction today with its adversarial, dominative relationship with nature, the integration of nature with ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Welcome to Your World

    How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives

    by Sarah Williams Goldhagen ...
    One of the nation’s chief architecture critics reveals how the environments we build profoundly shape our feelings, memories, and well-being, and argues that we must harness this knowledge to construct a world better suited to human experienceTaking us on a fascinating journey through some of the world’s best and worst landscapes, buildings, and cityscapes, Sarah Williams Goldhagen draws from ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • EcoCities

    Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature (Revised Edition)

    by Richard Register ...
    Most of the world's population now lives in cities. So if we are to address the problems of environmental deterioration and peak oil adequately, the city has to be a major focus of attention.EcoCities is about re-building cities and towns based on ecological principles for the long term sustainability, cultural vitality and health of the Earth's biosphere. Unique in the literature is the book's ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD