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 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 to the physically ventilated RWE RWE - Ralph Waldo Emerson RWE - Reaction Wheel Electronics RWE - Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerke (German Power Supplier) RWE - Right Wing Extremist RWE - Right-Wing Extremist RWE - Rot-Weiss Essen (Germann football club) Tower near the Ruhr Ruhr (r  r), region, c.1,300 sq mi (3,370 sq km), W Germany; a principal manufacturing center of Germany and formerly known as one of the world's greatest industrial complexes. In the 1980s the coal and steel industries declined, leading to serious unemployment. River in Essen Essen (ĕs`ən), city (1994 pop. 622,380), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Ruhr River. The major industrial center of the Ruhr district, it was the seat of the famous Krupp steelworks. Essen is a retail trade center, a rail junction, and a steel and electricity producer., Germany. The nature of each construction--and the helpful architectural explanations--will leave you breathless.
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