E. Ashley Rooney
Autor de Artistry in Fiber, Vol. 2: Sculpture
Obras de E. Ashley Rooney
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
Miembros
Reseñas
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
While I’m not much of a coffee table book aficionado, LEEDing the Way proved more than superficial thanks to hundreds of ideas that should inspire thousands more. It lays the groundwork, explaining the LEED point system for evaluating the greenness, and also delves into passive homes, sealed against the world, and natural homes, literally made of straw in the examples shown.
My own favorite is right on the cover, in Washington. They incorporated an old grain silo, making it into a very high ceilinged dining room (criminally not showing the interior) in a gorgeous home. There are homes that leverage the sea breeze, leverage the view, incorporate the original building, and defeat the sun while saving the water. They are from all over the country, from every climate and every topography. There’s even an entire community in Maine of totally different homes, whose front doors open onto a common interior hallway and space, including a meeting room and guest facilities. The backside of the homes has the view. It’s all most enjoyable and instructive.
I designed our home to be as green as possible, and this book made me feel good about what I accomplished without resorting to the expensive LEED oversight and process. In many cases, my home does better than the stunning examples. For example, we did not pour concrete for the driveway or patio, as most did. Concrete is expensive and unnatural; it heaves, sinks, cracks, and needs patching and sealing. Bluestone and gravel have life expectancies in the millions of years vs the 25-150 of concrete. I also designed the hallways out. My years in Manhattan made me come to hate them as huge wasters of heat and air conditioning, expensive and pointless square footage that add only to the monthly maintenance fees. Those who avoided them get my vote as well. From what’s shown in LEEDing the Way, I think our place would score quite comfortably within LEED.
There are probably enough homes like mine below the radar, that deserve to inspire even more people to build simple, build green, and build sustainably. It’s like going to the gym; just the fact you do it at all makes you better off, whether you do the exercises optimally or not. You don’t need LEED to lead, but I guess it’s nice to be “official”.
David Wineberg… (más)
My own favorite is right on the cover, in Washington. They incorporated an old grain silo, making it into a very high ceilinged dining room (criminally not showing the interior) in a gorgeous home. There are homes that leverage the sea breeze, leverage the view, incorporate the original building, and defeat the sun while saving the water. They are from all over the country, from every climate and every topography. There’s even an entire community in Maine of totally different homes, whose front doors open onto a common interior hallway and space, including a meeting room and guest facilities. The backside of the homes has the view. It’s all most enjoyable and instructive.
I designed our home to be as green as possible, and this book made me feel good about what I accomplished without resorting to the expensive LEED oversight and process. In many cases, my home does better than the stunning examples. For example, we did not pour concrete for the driveway or patio, as most did. Concrete is expensive and unnatural; it heaves, sinks, cracks, and needs patching and sealing. Bluestone and gravel have life expectancies in the millions of years vs the 25-150 of concrete. I also designed the hallways out. My years in Manhattan made me come to hate them as huge wasters of heat and air conditioning, expensive and pointless square footage that add only to the monthly maintenance fees. Those who avoided them get my vote as well. From what’s shown in LEEDing the Way, I think our place would score quite comfortably within LEED.
There are probably enough homes like mine below the radar, that deserve to inspire even more people to build simple, build green, and build sustainably. It’s like going to the gym; just the fact you do it at all makes you better off, whether you do the exercises optimally or not. You don’t need LEED to lead, but I guess it’s nice to be “official”.
David Wineberg… (más)
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 36
- Miembros
- 109
- Popularidad
- #178,011
- Valoración
- 3.0
- Reseñas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 41
This book ended up being 500% more than I expected when I requested it. This is an amazing artistic tradition, with championships all over the world, and it is a renown art form that I’ve never known about until now. This book displays the best of the best and several of their intricate, gorgeous sculptures from around the world.
A perfect coffee table book for a beach house, or, truly, any house that appreciates art can be found in all the world if you just look. It’s definitely inspired me to look up the closest sand sculpture competitions near me (San Castle Days & AIA Sandcastle) to see some more of this up close in my future.… (más)