Fundamentals of Innovative Sustainable Homes Design and Construction (eBook)
XV, 397 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-35368-0 (ISBN)
This book offers ideas and practices on contemporary design concepts and illustrates them with plans and photographs of outstanding examples. Current planning and design modes of dwellings and neighborhoods are facing challenges of philosophy and form. Past approaches no longer sustain new demands and require innovative thinking. The need for a new outlook is propelled by fundamental changes that touch upon environmental, economic and social aspects.
The depletion of non-renewable natural resources and climate change are a few of the environmental challenges. Increasing costs of material, labor, land and infrastructure have posed economic challenges with affordability being paramount among them. Social challenges are also drawing the attention of designers, builders and homeowners. Walkable communities, aging in place and multigenerational living are some of the concepts considered. In addition, live-work environments have become part of the economic reality for those who wish to work from home-which has become possible through digital advances.The text would be of interest to scholars working in: architecture, urban planning, and construction.
Avi Friedman began his studies at the Politecnico di Milano in Italy, received his Bachelor of Architecture from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in 1980 (first in class/cum laude), his Master of Architecture from McGill University and his Doctorate in 1987 from Université de Montréal. In 1988, he co-founded the Affordable Homes Program at the McGill School of Architecture, where he is a Professor. He is also a Visiting Professor in Lancaster University in the UK.
Dr. Friedman's research interests focus on factors which influence the design and implementation of affordable and sustainable building practices at the unit and community levels, including market acceptance, construction and resource efficiency. For his research, he was awarded the Progressive Architecture Research Award, the J.-Armand-Bombardier Prize for Technological Innovation and the Manning Innovation Award of Distinction.
Avi Friedman has published extensively in both academic and trade publications. He has authored 25 books as well as peer-reviewed articles on subjects ranging from prefabrication and construction technology to suburban planning and space management, for academic journals. He has been invited to address international meetings in most of which he was a Keynote Speaker. Dr. Friedman is a Member of the editorial board of architectural journals and authored research monographs and articles in trade publications in the USA and Canada. He is also a Columnist for several media outlets.
Dr. Friedman's design work and projects have been cited in many books and have been covered extensively: on TV shows such as Good Morning America, Dream Builders and Stewart Brand's How Buildings Learn (British Broadcasting Corporation), in magazines such as Popular Science, Architecture and Home and in newspapers including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Examiner. Avi Friedman has been invited to speak on numerous occasions at meetings of government officials, development authorities, university professors and students, homebuilders, architects and planners in locations as diverse as Dalian, Guadalajara, Prague, Singapore, Berlin and Melbourne. He has received awards for his design and teaching, including the American Institute of Architects Education Honors, the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Collaborative Practice Award, prestigious Creative Achievement Award, the World Habitat Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Sustainable Buildings Canada.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.6.2023 |
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Reihe/Serie | The Urban Book Series | The Urban Book Series |
Zusatzinfo | XV, 397 p. 276 illus., 189 illus. in color. |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
Technik ► Bauwesen | |
Wirtschaft | |
Schlagworte | Efficient Construction • energy efficiency • Healthy Materials • Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning • urban geography and urbanism |
ISBN-10 | 3-031-35368-4 / 3031353684 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-35368-0 / 9783031353680 |
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