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Book SynopsisDr Sandra Piesik is an award-winning architect, author and scientist specialising in a diverse range of subjects from art and design to the implementation of global sustainable legislation, nature-based solutions, innovation, technology transfer and contemporary adaptation of traditional knowledge. She is the founder of 3 ideas, an Amsterdam-based consultancy, a member of the New European Bauhaus EU initiative, an advisor to UNFCCC, and a former senior consultant to UNFCCC, UNCCD, and UN-HABITAT Global Solutions Division on territorial integration. Her diverse global engagements range from art and design projects, leading research & development initiatives, international lectures, judging competitions, the nomination of awards, and collaboration with the European Union entities.
Trade Review'Hefty, handsome … works best as evidence and inspiration, as the laying out of the amazingly multifarious forms that human dwellings can take, from which it might still be possible to learn' - Observer
'A landmark publication … a timely and urgent story of humanity’s capacity to create architecture without jeopardizing the equilibrium of the ecosystems upon which human life depends' - Aesthetica
'Amazing … fabulous photographs, authoritative essays and elaborate diagrams and maps' - The Irish Times
'An inspiring study of design, use of natural materials and sense of place' - Self Build Magazine
