{"product_id":"emerging-ecologies-9781633451544","title":"Emerging Ecologies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe exhibition and the accompanying publication will be the first comprehensive study of the history of environmental thinking in architecture at any major institution globally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1960s, as Western notions of endless progress and growth gave way to concerns over industrial pollution, resource depletion, and ecological limits, attitudes toward the environment became social, political, and ideological.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished to accompany the first expansive study of the history of environmental thinking in architecture, \u003ci\u003eEmerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism\u003c\/i\u003e studies the role architects and designers have played in defining our understanding of \"nature\" and the \"environment,\" specifically during the rise of environmental discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe richly illustrated publication presents architectural contributions—from Ian McHarg's ecosystem management approach to the radical architectures of the New Alchemists and Charles and Ray Eames's oceanographic work with the Kennedy administration—to explore the role designers played in both promoting ecological concerns and in outlining the very terms of this nascent field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough an introductory essay by curator Carson Chan and brief texts on each of the featured projects, \u003ci\u003eEmerging Ecologies\u003c\/i\u003e documents the proximity between ecology, design, and statecraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462893125868,"sku":"9781633451544","price":130.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781633451544-emerging-ecologies.jpg?v=1775025412","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/emerging-ecologies-9781633451544","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}