Eco-Techture: Bioclimatic Trends and Landscape Architecture in the Year 2001. - Review - book review

E: The Environmental Magazine, July, 2001 by Roxanne Khamsi

SUSTAINABLE CEILINGS

Once upon a time, people depended on sunlight to illuminate their lives during the day and breathed fresh air for longer than a brief walk to their car. Lucky for us, this ecological way of life appears to be making a comeback. In Eco-Techture: Bioclimatic Trends and Landscape Architecture in the Year 2001 (Loft Publications, $34.95), edited by Aurora Cuito, cutting-edge building design meets environmental sustainability. The book takes you on a photographic journey from the Barcelona Botanical Gardens to the physically ventilated RWE Tower near the Ruhr River in Essen, Germany. The nature of each construction--and the helpful architectural explanations--will leave you breathless.