TY - JOUR
AU - SEDDON, JILL
AB - calming, or food production and distri- its report of the UN Conference on Green Architecture: Design for a bution which contribute a great deal to Environment and Development in 1992 Sustainable Future an overall understanding of the city, but for arguing against environmental mea- BRENDA and ROBERT VALE. Thames & of which they may have little previous sures which would undermine Ameri- Hudson, 1991, 192 pp., 243 illus. can standards of living. To give just one knowledge. £18.95 cloth, ISBN o 500 34117 6. example from the book, Britain has an For these two authors the city con- energy efficiency labelling scheme but stitutes a whole range of problems— Green Design: Design for the no means of compelling manufacturers The modern city is unhealthy, Environment to comply with its standards, as is pro- inequitable and an intolerable burden vided in the United States by the 1987 on our planet'—and they are concerned DOROTHY MACKENZIE. Laurence King, National Energy Conservation (Appli- to present a case for a holistic solution. 1991, 178 pp., 200 illus. £16.95 cloth. ances) Act, which required design They are dismissive of previous, super- ISBN 1 85669 001 6. changes to between 70 and 90 per cent 
TI - Green Architecture: Design for a Sustainable Future
JF - Journal of Design History
DO - 10.1093/jdh/6.3.217
DA - 1993-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/green-architecture-design-for-a-sustainable-future-6L1IZSY06b
SP - 217
EP - 218
VL - 6
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -