Inspired Homes: Architecture for Changing Times

Avi Friedman · The Images Publishing Group

abr 2013 · Images Publishing

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Current modes of residential
design are facing challenges of both philosophy and form. Approaches that have
prevailed in past decades no longer sustain new demands and require innovative rethinking.
The need for a new outlook is propelled by fundamental changes to the
environment, economy and society.

Design for passive solar gain,
solar-powered homes, minimising a dwelling’s physical footprint, Net-Zero
residences and preserving a site’s natural assets are some of the strategies
that the architects and builders featured in this book are integrating into
their thought processes and design practices.

An important book written by a
world expert in the field, Inspired Homes
offers information on contemporary sustainable design concepts and illustrates
them with examples of truly outstanding design.

 

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Avi Friedman began his architectural studies at the Politecnico di Milano in Italy, received his Bachelor of Architecture from the Israel Institute of Technology (first in class/cum laude) and his Master in Architecture from McGill University in Montreal. He received his doctorate in 1987 from the Université de Montréal. In 1988, he cofounded the Affordable Homes Program at the McGill School of Architecture, where he is a Full Professor. Dr Friedman is the recipient of the Progressive Architecture Research Award, the J.-Armand-Bombardier Prize for Technological Innovation and the Manning Innovation Award of Distinction. Education, Teaching, and Research. He has authored ten books on housing related issues, for McGraw-Hill, Wiley, Penguin, and Princeton Architectural Press, which were well-received by reviewers and the public. He also authored numerous peer-reviewed articles for academic journals on subjects ranging from prefabrication and construction technology to suburban planning and space management, and has contributed chapters to other books. Dr Friedman is a member of the editorial board of architectural journals and has authored research monographs and articles in trade publications in the USA and Canada. Between 2000 and 2008 he wrote a bi-monthly syndicated column on housing for the Canwest chain of daily newspapers with a readership of over two million.