From Bauhaus to ecohouse a history of ecological design /

• Main Author: Anker, Peder.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2010.
• Subjects: 1900 - 1999; Architecture > Environmental aspects.; Architecture and science > History > 20th century.; Architecture, Modern > 20th century.; ARCHITECTURE > Sustainability & Green Design.; Architecture and science.; Architecture, Modern.; Electronic books.; History.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 188 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780807136508 (electronic bk.); 0807136506 (electronic bk.); 0807135518 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780807135518 (cloth : alk. paper)

Global warming and concerns about sustainability recently have pushed ecological design to the forefront of architectural study and debate. As Peder Anker explains in From Bauhaus to Ecohouse, despite claims of novelty, debates about environmentally sensitive architecture have been ongoing for nearly a century. By exploring key moments of inspiration between designers and ecologists from the Bauhaus projects of the interwar period to the eco-arks of the 1980s, Anker traces the historical intersection of architecture and ecological science and assesses how both remain intertwined philosophicall.