Green architecture
Green architecture.
1. Formal, Picturesque gardens that are closely related to buildings, or where landscape and architecture coalesce.
2. Buildings designed according to energy-saving criteria and the reduction of pollution. See also environmentally responsible architecture.
1. Formal, Picturesque gardens that are closely related to buildings, or where landscape and architecture coalesce.
2. Buildings designed according to energy-saving criteria and the reduction of pollution. See also environmentally responsible architecture.
Bibliography
Architectural Review, clxxxvii/1123 (Sept. 1990), whole issue;
Jodidio (ed.) (2000);
Solomon (1988);
V & V (1991)
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