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Ecological Design » (Anniversar)

Book cover image of Ecological Design by Sim Van Der Ryn

Authors: Sim Van Der Ryn, Stuart Cowan
ISBN-13: 9781597261418, ISBN-10: 1597261416
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Island Press
Date Published: March 2007
Edition: Anniversar

Author Biography: Sim Van Der Ryn

Sim Van der Ryn is professor emeritus in the Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley and founder and principal of Sim Van der Ryn + Associates, an architectural firm specializing in ecological design.

Stuart Cowan is a general partner with Autopoiesis LLC in Portland, Oregon, which offers design, development, and finance services internationally for large-scale sustainability projects. He recently served as research director at Ecotrust.

Book Synopsis

Ecological Design is a landmark volume that helped usher in an exciting new era in green design and sustainability planning. This 10th anniversary edition makes the work available to a new generation of practitioners and thinkers concerned with moving our society onto a more sustainable path.

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. 1	Bringing Design to Life
	Sustainability and Design	3
	An Introduction to Ecological Design	17
	Nature's Geometry	33
Pt. 2	The Ecological Design Process
	Introduction: The Compost Privy Story	51
	First Principle: Solutions Grow from Place	57
	Second Principle: Ecological Accounting Informs Design	82
	Third Principle: Design with Nature	103
	Fourth Principle: Everyone Is a Designer	146
	Fifth Principle: Make Nature Visible	160
	Resource Guide for Ecological Design	173
	Bibliography	185
	Index	195