Designed for the Future: 80 Practical Ideas for a Sustainable WorldJared Green In Designed for the Future, author Jared Green asks eighty of today's most innovative architects, urban planners, landscape architects, journalists, artists, and environmental leaders the same question: what gives you the hope that a sustainable future is possible? Their imaginative answers—covering everything from the cooling strategies employed at Cambodia's ancient temple city of Angkor Wat to the use of cutting-edge eco-friendly mushroom board as a replacement for Styrofoam—show the way to our future success on earth and begin a much-needed dialogue about what we can realistically accomplish in the decades ahead. Featuring an international roster of leading design thinkers including: • Biomimicry pioneer Janine Benyus • Curator Barry Bergdoll • Educator and author Alan Berger • Environmentalist and author Lester Brown • Architect Rick Cook • Urban Planner Paul Farmer • Critic Christopher Hume • Architect Bjarke Ingels • Landscape designer Mia Lehrer • Architect Rob Rogers • Critic Inga Saffron • Artist Janet Echelman |
Other editions - View all
Designed for the Future: 80 Practical Ideas for a Sustainable World Jared Green No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
Acequias adapt agriculture Angkor Angkor Wat Ann Demeulemeester architect artworks beautiful BedZED Bjarke Ingels Braddock bridges building built Butaro Hospital cars Central Park City Repair collaboration complex connect contemporary create culture Dymaxion Map ecological energy environment environmental founder Freiburg Gando garden gives me hope green Guadalupe River High Line idea industrial infrastructure Inhotim JACK SULLIVAN JANET ECHELMAN JANINE BENYUS Kaka’ako Kéré Khoo Teck Puat kids land landscape architecture live Maison Dufort Malmö materials Midtown Greenway MUSHROOM BOARD nature neighborhood nonprofit organic passive house pedestrian zone people’s percent planners preserve professor public spaces Quedamos ReBuilding Center recycled regional reuse Riverwalk Rural Studio Sand Engine Serenbe Seven Dials Sherbourne Commons shows social Solar Roadways storm water streets sustainable future Tennessee There’s traditional transportation walls waterfront what’s York City
Bibliographic information
| Title | Designed for the Future: 80 Practical Ideas for a Sustainable World |
| Editor | Jared Green |
| Publisher | Chronicle Books, 2015 |
| ISBN | 1616894237, 9781616894238 |
| Length | 176 pages |
| Subjects | › Architecture / Landscape |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |