Outline the main goals of green architecture, describing how an architect or group of architects achieved each of those goals in a specific structure. Discuss the advantages and difficulties of green architecture in terms of meeting environmentalist objectives and the needs of those who will be living and/or working within them
What will be an ideal response?
Increasing awareness of environmental concerns has created a growing interest in healthy, efficient homes. Architects have a common objective to design and build structures that reduce the overall impact of health safety and the environment, which is an advantage of green architecture. However, while many people would opt for a green structure, the cost of building one can be beyond the range of most budgets.
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When fabric silhouettes are cut out and stitched onto the background of another fabric, it is called
a. weaving b. embroidery c. appliqué d. knotting e. beadwork
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A. Triumph of Death B. Life of John the Baptist C. Attack on the Castle of Love D. Life of Saint Luke