Book presentation and panel discussion:
Architecture of Change - Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment edited by Kristin Feireiss and Lukas Feireiss
About the Book:
Architecture of Change: Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment, ISBN: 978-3-89955-211-9, € 49.90. Based on the 'Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment.'
Today’s architects and engineers are increasingly being asked to address issues of sustainability in our changing world. Architecture of Change presents outstanding architectural projects that combine creativity, scientific knowledge, technical innovation, social engagement and a strong sense of responsibility to address environmental challenges.
Architecture of Change features recently built and realised projects that – in addition to their exceptional architectural quality – make a notable contribution to a liveable and sustainable future. The book also covers initiatives that promote innovative research and encourage an emerging generation of environmentally aware architects and urban planners.
Architecture of Change contains nearly forty international projects by architects that include Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne, Steven Holl, Ken Yeang, Sauerbruch & Hutton, Architecture for Humanity and Rural Studio. It ranges from development projects in Bangladesh, Nepal and Africa to open source Internet platforms, experimental approaches to flood prevention and modern high-rises for an urban context. The book includes essays by and interviews with renowned experts in architecture, science, economics and politics.
About the Speakers:
Friedrich von Borries, raumtaktik (www.raumtaktik.de)
Friedrich von Borries co-manages the Berlin-based architecture office raumtaktik. Together with his partner Matthias Böttger, they are the General Commissioners of the German Pavilion at this year‘s Venice Architecture Biennale on the topic of sustainability.
Christoph Ingenhoven, Ingenhoven Architects (www.ingenhovenarchitekten.de)
Christoph Ingenhoven is one of the leading architects in sustainable and ecological design. He is acclaimed for his large-scale corporate high-rises projects as well as airports and railway stations, urban planning, landscape design and master planning.
Francis Diébédo Kéré, Schulbausteine für Gando e.V. (www.fuergando.de)
Franics Diébédo Kéré is an architect from Burkina Faso based in Berlin. He has founded the Schulbausteine für Gando association, which aims to create buildings that meet climatic demands and support Burkina Faso‘s inhabitants in their development.
Ralf Steeg, SPREE2011 (www.spree2011.de)
Sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the landscape architect Ralf Steeg has been working together with his partners on cleaning the River Spree in Berlin with the widely recognized project SPREE2011.
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