Abstract :
To attempt to capture the extent of the engagement in environmental and ecological issues by architects during the early 1970s as viewed through the pages of AD is an issue in itself. The editorial policy of the magazine at that time was such that it actively commissioned articles and global surveys that would inform the profession of the environmental impact of construction long before sustainability became a convenient buzz word. Robert Webb is one of a new generation of environmental engineers who acknowledges a debt to those who helped to define the terms we use so readily today. He sees how architects fell off the environmental wagon during the middle of the 1970s and are only now beginning to climb back on, but wonders how much understanding of our planet has been lost in the interim. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Keywords :
Living Towers , XCO2 , quiet rEvolution , Survival Capsule , Zip-Up House , Sue Roaf , Richard Rogers Partnership , Humber Centre for Excellence in the Built Environment , Laurie Abbott , Niall McLaughlin Architects , Autarkic House , Exhibition building for Renewable Energy in the Urban Environment (RENUE) , Alexander Pike , Robert Webb , Robert and Brenda Vale , C21 Solar Tile , Motorway Sound Barrier , M27 , Solar Canopy , Oxford Eco-House , LIVE-IN , Future Systems
