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2238913MORE WATER LESS LAND NEW ARCHITECTUREhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/more-water-less-land-new-architecture/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2038895/c5d006bb-4f00-4e8c-9a8c-52f246183a67.jpg?v=638345509683730000219249MXNAADR Art Architecture Design ResearchInStock/Ebooks/<p>Climate change, and the inevitability of sea level rise, will require much more of us than simply pulling back from the coastline. The thesis of Weston Wrights More Water Less Land New Architecture is that we need to start thinking in an entirely different way about the relationship of cities to waterfront sites and of the relationship of buildings to water, which means rethinking many of architectures implicit premises. If architecture has been confrontational with waterthink bold towers erected beside the sea, as if to dare the water to challenge themWrights argument is that we will need to be modest, accommodating, and accepting of the power and presence of water if our cities are to survive. He knows that nature is stronger than we are, and that best chance mankind has to build successfully will be to build with, not against, the reality of water. This is an important book, not least because its quiet, sober tone balances natural history with architectural history, and reaches across the world to show examples of architecture that accommodates to the water ranging from small vernacular houses on stilts to huge megastructures anchored like islands in the sea. Although Wrights argument transcends aesthetics or style, his book is, in the end, a case for the strength that comes from restraint, and perhaps even for the lasting power of gentlenes</p>...2197283MORE WATER LESS LAND NEW ARCHITECTURE219249https://www.gandhi.com.mx/more-water-less-land-new-architecture/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2038895/c5d006bb-4f00-4e8c-9a8c-52f246183a67.jpg?v=638345509683730000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239783887789411_W3siaWQiOiI1MzdiYWFkMy1hODhhLTQ5MzgtYTgyOS1jZWYzMmJlN2Q4YjAiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI0OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjM3LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIxMiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTEtMDVUMTk6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9783887789411_<p>Climate change, and the inevitability of sea level rise, will require much more of us than simply pulling back from the coastline. The thesis of Weston Wrights More Water Less Land New Architecture is that we need to start thinking in an entirely different way about the relationship of cities to waterfront sites and of the relationship of buildings to water, which means rethinking many of architectures implicit premises. If architecture has been confrontational with waterthink bold towers erected beside the sea, as if to dare the water to challenge themWrights argument is that we will need to be modest, accommodating, and accepting of the power and presence of water if our cities are to survive. He knows that nature is stronger than we are, and that best chance mankind has to build successfully will be to build with, not against, the reality of water. This is an important book, not least because its quiet, sober tone balances natural history with architectural history, and reaches across the world to show examples of architecture that accommodates to the water ranging from small vernacular houses on stilts to huge megastructures anchored like islands in the sea. Although Wrights argument transcends aesthetics or style, his book is, in the end, a case for the strength that comes from restraint, and perhaps even for the lasting power of gentlenes</p>...9783887789411_AADR Art Architecture Design Researchlibro_electonico_8f007b83-7a70-3a1d-af1b-356e92f9a52a_9783887789411;9783887789411_9783887789411Weston WrightInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/bookwire-epub-fc5ec1c4-68c7-433d-878e-5bcff2e58274.epub2023-09-26T00:00:00+00:00AADR Art Architecture Design Research