Aquatecture

Buildings and Cities Designed to Live and Work with Water.

10 chapters – Flood Proof – Innovation – LiFe

“This book will make a fascinating read for all those concerned with planning, architecture, design and engineering… by turning water into an opportunity rather than a risk.” Professor Chris Zevenbergen, UNESCO-IHE

Introduction

Aquatecture brings together over a decade of the practice’s research, firsts, techniques and lessons learned into a concise volume. This book is an ideal reference tool for all architects, urban designers, planners and sustainability experts who have an interest in creating a beautiful, sustainable, intelligent and pleasurable built environment on land, in water and with water.

Life with Water

Subject:

Future design of buildings and cities to live and work with water

Author(s):

Robert Barker & Richard Coutts

Publisher:

RIBA Publishing

Publication date:

21/01/2016

Pages:

320