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This valuable reference for today's green building movement examines twentieth-century modern architecture, including buildings by Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, through the lens of sustainability.The hottest topics in contemporary architectural design and architectural history--the focus on sustainability and the evaluation of the modern movement--meet in Lessons from Modernism, a partnership with The Cooper Union that explores the ways in which the straightforward functional approach of modernist design creates environmentally sensitive solutions.Lessons from Modernism provides new insights into 25 buildings by a diverse selection of architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Paul Rudolph, Jean Prouvé, and Arne Jacobsen, and demonstrates how these architects integrated environmental concerns into their designs. Buildings are located across the United States, Central and South America, Cuba, Japan and more--and include houses, art centers, commercial buildings, and civic buildings. Lessons from Modernism is an affordable reference work for all interested in how architecture intersects with the green movement, pairing full descriptions of all buildings with analytical essays, featuring charts of climate zones and solar movement, and concluding with a comprehensive chronology that details how environmental consciousness evolved throughout the twentieth century.

Architecture, Modern --- Sustainable architecture. --- 72.036 --- modern movement --- moderne beweging --- 504 --- 551.58 --- 699.86 --- The Cooper Union Institute for Sustainable Design --- 72:574 --- 72.037 --- Architectuur en ecologie --- Duurzame architectuur ; 20ste eeuw --- Moderne Beweging --- Modernistische architectuur --- Architectuur en milieu --- Architectuur ; bio-klimatisch geregelde --- Bouweconomie --- Architectuur ; milieuaspecten ; energiebesparing --- Ecologisch bouwen en wonen --- Eco-architecture --- Environmentally conscious architecture --- Environmentally friendly architecture --- Green architecture --- Green building design --- Green design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design (Buildings) --- Architecture --- Sustainable design --- Twintigste eeuw (architectuur) --- 20ste eeuw (architectuur) --- Modernisme (architectuur) --- Duurzaamheid --- Duurzame architectuur --- Ecologie --- Milieu --- Klimaat --- Klimaatbeheersing --- Klimaatontwerp --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1900 - 1950 --- History --- Exhibitions --- Sustainable architecture --- 574 --- Ecologie en bioverscheidenheid --- Mouvement moderne --- Architecture moderniste --- Architecture écologique --- Architecture durable --- Isolation thermique --- Le Corbusier, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, --- Jeanneret, Pierre, --- Duiker, Johannes --- Reidy, Affonso Eduardo --- Pompeu Pinheiro, Gerson --- Raymond, Antonin --- Aalto, Alvar, --- Wright, Frank Lloyd, --- Williams, Amancio --- Niemeyer, Oscar, 1907-2012 --- Prouvé, Jean --- Jacobsen, Arne, --- Katz, Bronek --- Vaughan, Reginald --- Breuer, Marcel, --- Rudolph, Paul, --- Bardi, Lina Bo, --- Atelier 5 --- Porro, Ricardo --- Xenakis, Iannis --- Decavallas, Constantinos --- Architecture, Modern - 20th century --- Le Corbusier, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965 --- Jeanneret, Pierre, 1896-1967 --- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 --- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 --- Jacobsen, Arne, 1902-1791 --- Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981 --- Rudolph, Paul, 1918-1997 --- Bardi, Lina Bo, 1914-1992