{"product_id":"9783836557399","title":"BIG, HOT TO COLD: An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eBetter smart than sorry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn odyssey of architectural adaptation with Bjarke Ingels\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the global success of \u003ci\u003eYES IS MORE\u003c\/i\u003e , one of the best-selling architecture books of its generation, \u003cb\u003eBIG – Bjarke Ingels Group\u003c\/b\u003e presents \u003ci\u003eHOT TO COLD, An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation\u003c\/i\u003e. The book coincides with the \u003ci\u003eHOT TO COLD\u003c\/i\u003e show at the \u003cb\u003eNational Building Museum in Washington DC\u003c\/b\u003e and presents \u003cb\u003e60 case studies in harsh climate conditions\u003c\/b\u003e in order to examine where and how we live on our planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs we travel from one end of the spectrum to its opposite we will see that the more harsh the climate gets, the more intense its impact on the architecture. The central challenge is to \u003cb\u003emitigate the climatic extremes for hospitable human life\u003c\/b\u003e, while finding solutions that can be \u003cb\u003eboth economically and environmentally profitable\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchitecture is the art and science of accommodating the lives we want to live. Our cities and buildings aren’t givens; they are the way they are because that is as far as we have gotten to date. They are the best efforts of our ancestors and fellow planetizens, and if they have shortcomings, it is up to us to continue that effort, pick up where they left off. \u003ci\u003eHOT TO COLD\u003c\/i\u003e stays true to BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group’s grand mission to find a \u003cb\u003epragmatic utopia\u003c\/b\u003e, shaping not only a particular structural entity, but the \u003cb\u003ekind of world we wish to inhabit\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Design from \u003cb\u003eaward-winning artists Sagmeister \u0026amp; Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreviously unpublished essays by Bjarke Ingels \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A convertible dust jacket-poster \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037821485296,"sku":"9783836557399","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836557399_p0.jpg?v=1769887932","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836557399","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}