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Der Prime Property Award 2010 Nachhaltigkeit wurde 2008 ins Leben gerufen, um Immobilieninvestoren für die Chancen eines nachhaltigen Handelns zu sensibilisieren. Zwei Jahre später führte der Klimawandel, steigende Betriebskosten und ein Bewusstseinswandel zu einem Paradigmenwechsel in der Immobilienwirtschaft. Nachhaltiges Bauen wird zunehmend zur Norm, insbesondere bei Gewerbeimmobilien. Auch Sanierungen und Bestandsmaßnahmen werden verstärkt unter Nachhaltigkeitsgesichtspunkten durchgeführt. Investoren berücksichtigen neben ökologischen auch sozio-kulturelle Kriterien in ihren Entscheidungen. Die Architektur nachhaltiger Büros orientiert sich nicht nur an Energieeffizienz, sondern auch an menschlichen Bedürfnissen nach Behaglichkeit und Licht, was die Effizienz und Motivation der Mitarbeiter steigert. Immer mehr Investoren sind überzeugt, dass sich Nachhaltigkeit rechnet. Dennoch bleiben Fragen offen: Wie „grün“ muss eine Immobilie sein, um langfristig attraktiv zu bleiben? Wie können Bestandsgebäude nachhaltig umgestaltet werden? Der Prime Property Award 2010 zeichnet erneut Immobilienprojekte aus, die wirtschaftlichen Erfolg mit ökologischer und sozio-kultureller Nachhaltigkeit verbinden. 142 Projekte aus 19 europäischen Ländern wurden eingereicht, und eine internationale Jury ermittelte die fünf Preisträger aus 30 Nominierten.

Since 1992 and the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro at the latest, the concept of sustainability has also been the focus of attention in the building industry and architecture. It requires the use of intelligent technology, innovative construction, ecological materials, and an environmental approach to energy supply. This development is especially urgent in the area of residential housing, since we now see a growing sensitivity to quality of life and accommodation. People increasingly insist on a healthy indoor climate, natural moisture exchange, thermal comfort, and freedom absence of hazardous substances. The book provides extensive and technically detailed documentation of 25 sustainable residential structures in both high-tech and lowtech domain. There is a considerable variety among the individual projects in terms of their size and the materials used. The examples are chosen from 18 different countries on five continents and come from both rural regions and urban areas.

This volume documents in full technical detail 25 timber buildings in three main areas: residential buildings, holiday homes, and living and working. The individual projects cover a large spectrum of sizes, budgets, and types of construction, and they also show wood in combination with such materials as stone, concrete, and steel.

Since the mid-1980s, and in particular the 1992 environmental summit in Rio de Janeiro, sustainability has become a global issue and the subject of international debate. In the context of architecture sustainability implies the use of intelligent technology, innovative construction methods, ecologically friendly materials and use of environmentally-friendly energy resources. This book begins with an overview of the various approaches and developments in sustainable architecture, followed by an in-depth section on urbanism looking at several European towns. In the third section the technologies, materials and methods of ecological architecture are examined. Concluding the volume are 23 sophisticated and innovative European case studies. The author and architect Dominique Gauzin-Müller has specialised on energy and environmental issues and ecological architecture for over 15 years.

This first comprehensive monograph on the architecture of Günter Behnisch, his partners and co-workers, gives an analysis of his architecture and the special way in which the office has always been organised, from its establishment in 1952 to the most recent buildings. A selection of 42 buildings and projects, drawn from this half century of practice, reveal the remarkable adaptability of the firm and its capacity for growth and change, and to accomodate evolving social and cultural requirements. Such notable buildings include the Fachhochschule Ulm - the first large, entirely pre-fabricated public building in Germany; the Olympia Park in Munich; the famous Hysolar Institute Building, Stuttgart; the new Parliament Building in Bonn and a large number of new buildings, several of which, including the Bristol Centre for the Performing Arts are published for the first time. There are also numerous texts written by Günter Behnisch for this book, as well as excerpts from his lectures and writings, which clarify the design method and teaching approach of Behnisch within his overall philosophy of architecture.