Title: The New Architecture of the Sun and Wind: An Ecological Aesthetic and Ethos of Design
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Description: Today, perhaps more than ever, architects need to call themselves to a future that reengages the forces of sun and wind to inform design and foster an ecology-based future. In light of climate-change, global warming, and the alarming prospect of destructive environmental consequences, the profession must take on the challenge of redeﬁning architecture to help alleviate ecological problems and enable new ways for humans to dwell on Earth. This selection of recent AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Green Projects award–winners reveals that the next generation of design thinking has already emerged, and it is one that calls the profession to a more ambitious and inspired level of leadership to meet the urgent ecological issues of our time. Mary Guzowski, associate professor at the University of Minnesota’s School of Architecture, writes about how sustainable design can inspire change and foster an ecological aesthetic.

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