This accessible and engaging text is the first to offer a comprehensive critical history and analysis of the greening of architecture through accumulative reduction of negative environmental effects caused by buildings; urban designs and settlements. Describing the progressive development of green architecture from 1960 to 2010; it illustrates how it is ever evolving and ameliorated through alterations in form; technology; materials and use and it examines different places worldwide that represent a diversity of cultural and climatic contexts.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Full of Fun Facts and Audacious LadiesBy Lynne ReznickI loved the book! It was a quick read that included interesting women spanning throughout Bostons history. The lives of the women are interesting to say the least and Vargo pulls more than one woman out of obscurity to share her awesome or awful contributions to the city of Boston.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Her sense of playfulness is combined with great research. This is a must read for everyone ...By Gretchen GrozierI have been a Boston tour guide for 20 years and I learned quite a lot about women I should have known about from this book! The array of wild women Dina Vargo found to write about is truly stupendous (from a serial killer to a woman who cycled around the globe). Her sense of playfulness is combined with great research. This is a must read for everyone who loves womens history in Boston or any element there (history; Boston or wild women).1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. and just plain great storytelling; MsBy Kimberly BergeyI am normally not a history buff; but Dina Vargo truly made these diverse characters come to life! With accessible historical details for the lay person; welcomed humor; and just plain great storytelling; Ms. Vargo taught me so much about women; many of whom I never knew existed and Ive lived in Boston my whole life! Favorite tales include the lives of Isabella Stewart Gardner; Harriet Hemenway Minna Hall (founders of the MA Audubon Society) and Julia Child.
