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Title: Earth to Spirit: In Search of Natural Architecture by David Pearson, William McDonough ISBN: 0811807312 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: May, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67
Rating: 4
Summary: A taste.
Comment: This book gives you a taste of environmentally friendly architecture from all over the world. Learn about the new earth friendly technology and rediscover old but superior ways of building. It feels like I am reading a few of my other books all put together on one but with some stuff left out. Could use some more photo's but other wise it was a nice educational read.
Rating: 5
Summary: beautiful illustrations, wonderful philosophy
Comment: The author finds examples from all over the world and from traditional as well as modern sources in his quest to define and encourage architecture that is in harmony with nature. Chapters include: Ancestral Archetypes, Healing Architecture, Harmony with the Land, Vernacular Wisdom, Cultural Identity, and Living the Dream, the last being examples of individuals and organizations using the principles espoused by the author. There is some text, but what truly persuades are the many beautiful photographs, well chosen and accompanied by informative paragraphs.
Viewing these marvelous examples of harmonious architecture, one can be disheartened at the ugliness and mediocrity of so much architecture surrounding us. But the book also teaches us to look in many places, old and new, near and far, to find examples of creative blendings of nature and humanity.
A lovely, inspiring book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Harmony of nature and Technology
Comment: Earth to spirit explores classic habitats from all corners of the world, and introduces us to the basic, and common shelter needs of us all. Although the book concentrates more on rural, and ethnic dwellings, Pearson also shows the adaptations relevant to Western cosmoploitan life. To often an author is either "high tech" or "green". In Earth to Spirit, we see how it is possible to live in an ecologically sound dwelling, while maintaining and incorporating the modern technologies prevelant in modern homes.
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Title: Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough, Michael Braungart ISBN: 0865475873 Publisher: North Point Press Pub. Date: 22 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Sustainable Architecture White Papers by Earth Pledge ISBN: 0967509912 Publisher: Earth Pledge Foundation Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design As a Healing Art by Christopher Day ISBN: 1855383055 Publisher: Thorsons Pub Pub. Date: June, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The NEW NATURAL HOUSE BOOK : Creating a Healthy, Harmonious, and Ecologically Sound Home by David Pearson ISBN: 0684847337 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency by Andrea Oppenheimer Dean, Timothy Hursley ISBN: 1568982925 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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