{"product_id":"sustainable-design-isbn-9780471709534","title":"Sustainable Design","description":"Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Design\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Daniel Williams's Sustainable Design is . . . a thoroughly practical call for the design professions to take the next steps toward transformation of the human prospect toward a future that is sustainable and sustaining of the best in human life lived in partnership not domination.\"\u003cbr\u003e --From the Foreword by David W. Orr, the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"In this pioneering book, Daniel Williams provides the sort of intelligent, thoughtful, experienced insights that--if followed--will ensure that we make the right choices. It should be on the desk of every architect in the world.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Denis Hayes, president and CEO of the Bullitt Foundation and coordinator of the first Earth Day in 1970\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Architects identify \"sustainability\" as the most important change in the future of their profession. Sustainable Design: Ecology, Architecture, and Planning is a practical, comprehensive guide to design and plan a built environment compatible with the region's economic, social, and ecological patterns.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this book, Daniel Williams challenges professionals to rethink architecture and to see their projects not as objects but as critical, connected pieces of the whole, essential to human health as well as to regional economy and ecology. Comprehensive in scope, Sustainable Design answers key questions such as:\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How do I begin thinking and designing ecologically?\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What is the difference between \"green design\" and \"sustainable design\"?\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What are some examples of effective change I can make that will have the most impact for the least cost?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Written for architects, planners, landscape architects, engineers, public officials, and change agent professionals, this important resource defines the issues of sustainable design, illustrates conceptual and case studies, and provides support for continued learning in this increasingly central focus of architects' and urban planners' work.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Williams's book features winning projects from the first decade of the AIA's Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten award program.  Foreword by David W. Orr.  \u003cp\u003eForeword by Donald Watson, FAIA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER ONE: The Ecological Model.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcology as a Model.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWaste Debts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Value of Land.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParadigm Shift.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking as a System: Connectivity, Not Fragmentation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER TWO: Sustainable Design.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere Do We Want to Go?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesign Matters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Architects?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreen Design versus Sustainable Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Now?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApproaching Sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlace-Based Energy and Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrinciples for Designing Sustainably.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere to Start?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER THREE: Regional Design.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolving from Nonrenewables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnother Weak Link: The Power Grid.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Regional Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWater: A Common Denominator.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMake No Small Plans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Regional Design Process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegional Case Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCache Valley, Utah.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFarmington, Minnesota: Building within the Community Watershed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmart Growth: Southeast Florida Coastal Communities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER FOUR: Sustainable Urban and Community Design.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Matter of Place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrinciples for Sustainable Communities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegional Ecology and Biourbanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainable Urban and Community Case Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLessons from Belle Glade: Can We Save the Everglades and Sustain Agriculture?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRio Nuevo Master Plan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrowing the Great River Park.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER FIVE: Architectural Design.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Site: Challenges and Opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSite Design and Environmental Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainable Infrastructure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Skin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolving a Sustainable Design Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainable Design and Existing Buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainable Interior Architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER SIX: The AIA\/COTE Top Ten Green Projects Program.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1997 AIA\/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1998 AIA\/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1999 AIA\/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2000 AIA\/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2001 AIA\/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2002 AIA\/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2003 AIA\/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2004 AIA\/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2005 AIA\/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2006 AIA\/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainability Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhoto Credits.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"In the case of the new book \"Sustainable Design\", the intended reader is likely an architect new to sustainability, looking to follow up the HOK book. Williams serves them well with an authoritative introduction to key defining sustainable versus green design.\" (\u003ci\u003eArchitectural Record\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2009)  \u003cp\u003e\"Williams, a noted architect and planner, looks at the applicability of sustainable design at all scales - from the region to the community to the building. The major outcome of this book is a well-reasoned argument for a drastic renovation of the way design is taught, considered and performed.\" (\u003ci\u003ePlanetizen.com\u003c\/i\u003e; 1\/29\/08)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…the intended reader is likely an architect, new to sustainability…in that respect, Williams serves them well with an authoritative introduction to key issues and terms, most notably a persuasive argument defining sustainable versus green design.\" (\u003ci\u003eArchitectural Record\u003c\/i\u003e; 10\/2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDaniel E. Williams\u003c\/b\u003e, FAIA, a Seattle-based architect and urban planner, is a nationally recognized expert in sustainable architecture and planning. Williams was the 2003 chair of the AIA's Committee on the Environment (COTE), and he chaired the AIA Sustainable Task Group in 2006. His projects, which range from residences to regional plans, connect ecology, economic development, transportation, agriculture, education, and natural resource protection.  \u003cb\u003eMeeting the Challenge of Sustainable Design\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Daniel Williams's Sustainable Design is . . . a thoroughly practical call for the design professions to take the next steps toward transformation of the human prospect toward a future that is sustainable and sustaining of the best in human life lived in partnership not domination.\"\u003cbr\u003e —From the Foreword by David W. Orr, the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In this pioneering book, Daniel Williams provides the sort of intelligent, thoughtful, experienced insights that—if followed—will ensure that we make the right choices. It should be on the desk of every architect in the world.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Denis Hayes, president and CEO of the Bullitt Foundation and coordinator of the first Earth Day in 1970\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArchitects identify \"sustainability\" as the most important change in the future of their profession. \u003ci\u003eSustainable Design: Ecology, Architecture, and Planning\u003c\/i\u003e is a practical, comprehensive guide to design and plan a built environment compatible with the region's economic, social, and ecological patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Daniel Williams challenges professionals to rethink architecture and to see their projects not as objects but as critical, connected pieces of the whole, essential to human health as well as to regional economy and ecology. 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