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"The Sustainable Tall Building: A Design Primer is an accessible and highly illustrated guide, which primes those involved in the design and research of tall buildings to dramatically improve their performance. Using a mixture of original research and analysis, best-practice design thinking and a detailed look at exemplar case studies, author Philip Oldfield takes the reader through the architectural ideas, engineering strategies and cutting-edge technologies that are available to the tall building design team. The book takes a global perspective, examining high-rise design in different climates, cultures and contexts. It considers common functions such as high-rise housing and offices, to more radical designs such as vertical farming and vertical cemeteries. Innovation is provided by examining not only the environmental performance of tall buildings but also their social sustainability, guiding the reader through strategies to create successful communities at height. The book starts by critically appraising the sustainability of tall building architecture past and present, before demonstrating innovative ways for future tall buildings to be designed. These include themes such as climatically responsive architecture, siting a tall building in the city, zero-carbon towers, skygardens and community spaces at height, sustainable structural systems and novel façades. In doing so, the book provides essential reading for architects, engineers, consultants, developers, researchers and students engaged with sustainable design and high-rise architecture." [Publisher]

Tall buildings --- Sustainable buildings --- Design and construction --- Immeubles de grande hauteur --- Design and construction. --- Conception et construction --- Architecture durable --- Conception et construction. --- Tall buildings - Design and construction --- Sustainable buildings - Design and construction

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Dwellings - Ontario - Waterloo - Environmental engineering --- House construction - Environmental aspects - Ontario - Waterloo --- Sustainable buildings - Design and construction --- Building materials - Environmental aspects --- Housing and health --- Habitations - Ontario - Waterloo - Technique de l'environnement --- Habitations - Construction - Aspect de l'environnement - Ontario - Waterloo --- Dwellings --- House construction --- Sustainable buildings --- Building materials --- Habitations

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La conception bioclimatique a pour objectif d'améliorer le confort qu'un espace bâti peut induire de manière naturelle. Elle permet de réduire le recours aux énergies non renouvelables et les coûts d'investissements et de fonctionnement, à l'échelle d'un bâtiment comme à celle d'un quartier. Elle ne se résume pas à la juxtaposition de techniques pour satisfaire les exigences réglementaires, mais cherche à intégrer judicieusement les dispositifs architecturaux dès la conception tout en adaptant le projet à son environnement. S'approprier les connaissances scientifiques et comprendre les phénomènes en jeu permet de mettre en adéquation la conception et la construction d'un bâtiment avec le climat, l'environnement et le mode de vie des usagers. Pour répondre à cet objectif, Concevoir des bâtiments bioclimatiques : explore les propriétés de l'enveloppe et l'impact de la morphologie des bâtiments ; explique les conditions de l'atteinte du confort thermique à l'intérieur des bâtiments ; présente les dispositifs architecturaux actuels (brise-soleil, serres, etc.) ; détaille le rôle du soleil et du vent à l'échelle des espaces urbains. Illustré de schémas et d'exemples, cet ouvrage appuie sa démonstration sur des études de cas de bâtiments situés sous différents climats. Cet ouvrage, accessible à tous les praticiens quel que soit leur niveau de compétence, s'adresse particulièrement aux architectes. Il constitue également un outil de formation pratique pour les techniciens et ingénieurs soucieux de maîtriser un projet environnemental. (quatrième de couverture)

Architecture --- Architecture and climate. --- Sustainable buildings --- Ecological houses --- Architecture et climat --- Constructions durables --- Maisons écologiques --- Environmental aspects. --- Design and construction. --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Conception et construction --- Climatologie --- Construction bioclimatique --- Développement durable --- Diagramme solaire --- Ensoleillement --- Environnement --- Méthodologie du projet --- Thermique --- Vent --- Ventilation --- Architecture and climate --- Environmental aspects --- Design and construction --- Maisons écologiques --- Énergies renouvelables --- Architecture - Environmental aspects --- Sustainable buildings - Design and construction --- Ecological houses - Design and construction

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"In the 21st century the architects and designers of urban spaces face great challenges to integrate nature in order to transform cement forests into forest cities . Perhaps the best solution is to go green with vertical landscapes. More than just a decorative trend, this is a means of bringing life and greenery into metropolitan areas by using different framing systems to create compositions of plant life and adapt them to diverse settings, including offices, factories, parking lots, hotels, and installations within larger parks. Enriched by the reflections of the inventive protagonists of this fertile new aesthetic, Going Green with Vertical Landscapes is organised by theme and canvases early experiments conducted by famous design companies like Vo Trong Nghia Architects (VTN), Fytogreen Australia and RYUICHI ASHIZAWA ARCHITECTS & associates. All of these projects combine man-made materials, recent technologies, and diverse types of vegetation to conquer the vertical dimension"--Provided by publisher.

Architecture --- landscape architecture [discipline] --- vertical gardening --- sustainable architecture --- exterior walls --- Sustainable architecture --- Landscape architecture --- Sustainable buildings --- Environmental aspects --- Design and construction --- Eco-architecture --- Environmentally conscious architecture --- Environmentally friendly architecture --- Green architecture --- Green building design --- Green design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design --- Ecologically sustainable design (Buildings) --- Environmentally sustainable design (Buildings) --- ESD design (Buildings) --- Horticultural service industry --- Landscape gardening --- Landscaping industry --- 72.504 --- 72.504 Architecture and the environment. Sustainable architecture --- Architecture and the environment. Sustainable architecture --- Sustainable architecture - Pictorial works --- Sustainable architecture - Designs and plans --- Landscape architecture - Environmental aspects --- Sustainable buildings - Design and construction

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Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials provides essential reading about materials for the construction industry in the twenty-first century. It covers the latest findings in the field, especially the toxicity aspects, embodied energy, construction and demolition wastes, the use of wastes in concrete, masonry units, materials reinforced with vegetable fibres, earth construction, the durability aspects, and also the importance of nanotechnology to the development of more environmentally-friendly materials. Based on more than nine hundred references, Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials is of fundamental importance to academics, engineers and architects who are dedicated to the creation of a greener and more holistic construction industry.

Buildings -- Environmental engineering. --- Sustainable architecture. --- Sustainable buildings -- Design and construction. --- Sustainable construction. --- Sustainable construction --- Building materials --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Materials Science --- Sustainable buildings --- Green products. --- Design and construction. --- Earth-friendly products --- Environmentally safe products --- Ecologically sustainable design (Buildings) --- Environmentally sustainable design (Buildings) --- ESD design (Buildings) --- Green building design --- Green design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design (Buildings) --- Engineering. --- Energy efficiency. --- Building materials. --- Sustainable development. --- Structural materials. --- Building Materials. --- Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings). --- Structural Materials. --- Sustainable Development. --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Consumption of energy --- Energy efficiency --- Fuel consumption --- Fuel efficiency --- Power resources --- Energy conservation --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Environmental aspects --- Commercial products --- Green marketing --- Recycled products --- Building construction. --- Materials. --- Energy Efficiency. --- Engineering --- Engineering materials --- Industrial materials --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes