Architecture and Climate Change Volume 2 assembles the voices of architects and urbanists from eight countries to map the profession's most urgent and contested territory: how construction must transform in response to the climate crisis.
About This Book
The second volume in this interview-based series takes the temperature of a profession under pressure. Twenty-two architects and urbanists from the UK, USA, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Japan, Belgium, and Switzerland speak directly about climate-friendly construction — their own projects, their regional contexts, and the political conditions shaping what is and isn't possible. Rather than presenting a unified manifesto, the book deliberately gathers contradictions: different scales of ambition, different readings of the CO2 problem, different visions of what architecture owes the future. The result is a wide-ranging and honest account of where sustainable architecture actually stands, told by the people building it.
Key Features
- 240 pages of interviews with architects and urbanists across eight countries
- Published by De Gruyter
What You'll Discover
- How practitioners across the UK, USA, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Japan, Belgium, and Switzerland are navigating regional differences in climate-driven construction
- First-person accounts of pioneering projects in climate-friendly architecture, linked to their political and material contexts
- The range of personal and professional positions on CO2 reduction within the built environment, from pragmatic to idealistic
- How urbanists and architects connect individual design decisions to broader political ideals and climate goals
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- Dimensions: 13 x 20 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783955536688
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects, urbanists, and design academics engaged with climate-responsive practice, as well as students and researchers tracking the evolving discourse around sustainable construction and architectural responsibility.