Tradition and sustainability /
The Prince's foundation for the built environment
- United Kingdom : Compedium Publishing Limited, c2010
- 208 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales -- 1. Sustainability and tradiion: Two-sides of the coin -- 2. Ten thousand years of building: history is in our future -- 3. Living traditions and the original green -- 4. Tradition and innovation in green architecture and urbanism -- 5. The four greens -- 6. Bodies and buildings: microcosm and macrocosm in traditional architecture and urbanism -- 7. Sustainable refurbishment: a key component of the built heritage -- 8. Environmental priorities and traditional ways of building -- 9. Cultural sustainability and the renewal of tradition -- 10. Our health in response to the built environment -- 11. The road to the natural house -- Afterword. The green tradition: innovating the future -- The contributors -- Image credits -- Index.