Eco-Techture: Bioclimatic Trends and Landscape Architecture in the Year 2001.SUSTAINABLE CEILINGS Once upon a time, people depended on sunlight to illuminate their lives during the day and breathed fresh air for longer than a brief walk to their car. Lucky for us, this ecological way of life appears to be making a comeback. In Eco-Techture: Bioclimatic bi·o·cli·ma·tol·o·gy n. The study of the effects of climatic conditions on living organisms. bi Trends and Landscape Architecture in the Year 2001 (Loft Publications, $34.95), edited by Aurora Cuito, cutting-edge building design meets environmental sustainability. The book takes you on a photographic journey from the Barcelona Botanical Gardens A botanical garden is a place where plants, especially ferns, conifers and flowering plants, are grown and displayed for the purposes of research, conservation, and education. to the physically ventilated ven·ti·late tr.v. ven·ti·lat·ed, ven·ti·lat·ing, ven·ti·lates 1. To admit fresh air into (a mine, for example) to replace stale or noxious air. 2. RWE RWE Rot-Weiss Essen (Germann football club) RWE Ralph Waldo Emerson RWE Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerke (German Power Supplier) RWE Read Write Execute RWE Right Wing Extremist Tower near the Ruhr River in Essen, Germany. The nature of each construction--and the helpful architectural explanations--will leave you breathless. |
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