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Architecture & Design

BOOKS

Barnett, Dianna Lopez with William D. Browning. A Primer on Sustainable Building. Rocky Mountain Institute. 1995.

Beard, Tyler. Lone Star Living. Bulfinch Press. 2003.

Crosbie, Michael J. Architecture for Architects. The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd. 2006.

Elizabeth, Lynn, and Adams, C., Ed. Alternative Construction: Contemporary Natural Building Methods. Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2000.

Francese, Dora, Ed., Architettura E Vivibilitå. FrancoAngeli 2007.
Guenther, Robin, and Gail Vittori. Sustainable Healthcare Architecture. Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2007.

Jodido, Philip. Contemporary American Architects Vol. lV. Taschen Press, 1998.

Kellert, Steven, et.al. Biophilic Design: Theory, Science, and Practice. Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2007.

Lerner, Steven. Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries Solving Today’s Environmental Problems. MIT Press 1998.

Moore, Steven A. Technology and Place - Blueprint Farm as an Ironic Demonstration of Sustainable Architecture. University of Texas Press, 2001.

Snell, Clarke. The Good House Book: A Common-Sense Guide to Alternative Homebuilding. Lark Books 2004.

Steen, Bill et.al., The Straw Bale House. Chelsea Green Publishing Company. 1994

Tzonis, A., Lefaivre, L., and Diamond, R. Architecture in North America Since 1960. Bulfinch Press 1995.
Van der Ryn, Sim, and Cowan, Stuart. Ecological Design. Island Press, 1996.
Wallner, Stefan. Stigfinnare: Innovativt Byggande før en Håbllbar Utveckling. Chalmers. Gøteborg 2004.

Wines, James. Green Architecture. Taschen 2000.

Zelov, Chris, Cousineau, Phil, and Danitz, Brian. Design Outlaws on the Ecological Frontier. Chelsea Green 1997

ARTICLES

‘What Will Homes Be Like in 25 Years?’. Popular Science, September 2000.
‘The Godparents of Green’. Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Natural Home, May/June 2000.
‘The Promise of Technology’. Pliny Fisk III, Yale Perspecta 29 Architecture Journal, 1998.
‘Projects: Pliny Fisk - Advanced Green Builder Demonstration Home; Laredo Blueprint Demonstration Farm; Noland Residence’. Pliny Fisk III, Yale Perspecta 29 Architecture Journal, 1998.
‘Anybody There? Architects, Design, and Responsibility’. Pliny Fisk III and Richard MacMath, Texas Architect, November/December 1998.

‘Interview: Pliny the Greener’. Architecture, June 1998.

'Desert Bloom', Architectural Review, July 1997.

‘The House that Max Built’. Eugenia Bone, Metropolis, December 1996.
‘Mr. Fisk Builds His Green House’. Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, February 15, 1996.
‘First California Approved Straw-Bale Construction’. Kenneth Haggard and Greg McMillan, Earthword 5, 1994.
‘Advances in Texas: The Recent Work of Pliny Fisk’. Abba Anderson, Earthword 5, 1994.
‘Land Stewardship: Advanced Green Builder Demonstration Home’. Virginia Kent Dorris, Architecture, June 1993.

'Austin Pilot Project Wins Green Award',

'The Greening of Architecture', Architecture, May 1991.

‘Blueprint for Survival’. Ray Don Tilley, Architecture, May 1991.

Television

'Big Ideas for a Small Planet - 2008 Solar Decathlon'. Sundance Channel. April 2008.

'Les Citadins des Futur". Blue Storm Tele. 2007

Master Planning

BOOKS

Motloch, John, Ph.d. Introduction to Landscape Design, 2nd edition. John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
Sorvig, Kim, and Thompson, J. William. Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Guide to Green Building Outdoors. Island Press, 2000.

Steiner, Frederick. The Living Landscape: An Ecological Approach to Landscapet Planning. McGraw Hill. 2000.

Thayer, Robert. Gray World Green heart: Technology, Nature and the Sustainable Landscape. Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1994.

Van der Ryn, Sim, and Cowan, Stuart. Ecological Design. Island Press, 1996.


ARTICLES
‘A View from the Future’. J. William Thompson, FASLA, Landscape Architecture, July 2000.
‘Mixed Media: The Infinite Grid’. Andrea Moed, Metropolis, December 1996.
‘Ian McHarg and His Legacy’. J. William Thompson, FASLA, Planning, November 1991.

TELEVISION

'Planet Neighborhood' hosted by William McDonough. PBS. September 1996

Policy & Education

BOOKS

Lerner, Steven. Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries Solving Today's Environmental Problems. MIT Press 1998.

Reece, Ray. The Sun Betrayed: A Report on the Corporate Seizure of U.S. Solar Energy Development. South End Press. 1979.

ARTICLES

'Innovators Building a Greener World'. Time Magazine, March 2007.

TELEVISION
‘Building Sustainability with the Natural Step: UT-Houston’s Journey’. Northcutt Productions, Sausalito, CA. April, 1999.
‘Eco-Building’. Texas Parks & Wildlife Video News Reports, Produced by Karen Loke, June 2001.

TOOLS
‘Mixed Media: The Infinite Grid’. Andrea Moed, Metropolis, December 1996.
‘A View from the Future’. J. William Thompson, FASLA, Landscape Architecture, July 2000.

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