Considerations on Design of Ecological Architecture

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Ecological architecture usually symbolise the sustainability of modern cities. With the improvement of living standard, people have higher requirements for the energy consumption.The sustainable living environment becomes a great research project. This paper introduces the concept and characteristics of ecological architecture, analyses the problems in the development of ecological architecture, presented the basic principles of ecological architecture design and discusses the strategies of ecological architecture design.

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