White/Green 10 - Mark Isitt

White Arkitekter AB, is one of Scandinavias most important architectural practices and among the ten largest in Europe. Founded in 1951 the employee-owned company is a leader in sustainability and environmental issues. This book contains detailed project presentations which focus on the innovative and creative aspects of White's work. It documents Whites approach to nature, analyses its implementation and considers how successful the results have been in practice. The projects selected for the book reflect a radical shift in architectural method pointing out how construction is affected and altered by stringent ecological demands. This is an area to which White have paid greater attention than most other architectural firms. Filled with photographs of the buildings and their locations, the book also features plans and project details. This book will be of interest to architecture professionals and all those who want to discover how environmental issues are being addressed by one of the leading architectural practices in the field.