Garden City

Supergreen Buildings, Urban Skyscapes and the New Planted Space

Anna Yudina

$80

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Thames & Hudson
01 October 2017

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Environmentally-friendly architecture & design

How can our urban jungles be transformed into skyscraper forests that help our cities provide new forms of sustenance, from urban farms to breathing buildings? The topic is increasingly in the public eye, and the answer is already cropping up on our streets. Garden City captures the growing global movement among contemporary architects for biodesigning buildings that are less structure and facade, more living entities, capable of being ecologically autonomous, horticulturally productive, and both pleasing to the eye and relevant to our day-to-day lifestyles.

More than 100 (mostly completed) projects are presented here, a life-affirming range of design ideas that can be applied to new buildings and those needing rehabilitation. From offices that incorporate urban farms and exchange the CO2 produced by humans for food and oxygen produced by plants, to lightweight systems for growing gardens on vertical surfaces; from "tree houses" the size of city blocks to civic buildings that connect to existing water-management systems - there are rich and often unexpected ideas for every designer.

The future of our urban architecture is biologically alert, naturally self-sustaining, and alive. Garden City is the visual resource charting this frontier of new urban architecture.

By: Anna Yudina
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 300mm, Width: 240mm,
Weight: 1.650kg
ISBN: 9780500343265
ISBN 10: 0500343268
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 October 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction * 1. Fusion * 2. Expansion * 3. Coexistence * 4. Performance * 5. Fusion 2.0

Reviews for Garden City: Supergreen Buildings, Urban Skyscapes and the New Planted Space

This large-format global selection should fascinate readers with a taste for architecture, landscape architecture, and/or the environment. Yudina believes humans must reestablish contact with nature and also points out the practical value of plants and trees as air purifiers, microclimate regulators, noise buffers, and bases for biodiversity. A number of entries are truly visionary: vertical farms, plant-generated air conditioning, biological facades hosting moss or microalgae, [and] porous concrete walls that sustainably sup-port roots.