Author(s): Yanna Chan

Architecture

This series provides a powerful presentation of the most challenging and evolving architectural and design categories. "Sustainable Environments" focuses on the type of architectural details in distinctive, sustainable residential spaces. It includes sections on components, such as cooling or shading devices, building techniques that create minimal impact on the land, active systems, and the use of new sustainable materials, as well as those that are salvaged or recyclable. The book presents recent work by architects from around the globe in colour photographs and architectural drawings, and is structured according to categories of architectural detail.