BIG & GREEN edited by David Gissen
Adult non-fiction shelves upper level
As our cities are filling and our globe is warming, architects are looking to green (environmental) methods of building to help relieve the pressure on the earth’s resources. Aside from being environmentally sound, green designs and buildings are currently red-hot in the trends department. Big & Green, covering a former museum exhibit, displays the potential for these green methods on a large urban scale. Don’t know a lot about architecture? No matter- this book is full of pretty pictures, and the fascinating interviews with architects at the end of the book can provide a great introduction for those who are just learning. You’ll be surprised by some of the imaginative ideas that these architects have up their sleeves.