It's About Time: The Architecture of Climate Change

Loorbach, Derk

ISBN 10: 9462088799 / ISBN 13: 9789462088795

Published by nai010 Publishers, 2025

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Synopsis:

From the first Earth Day to the Paris Climate Agreement, a chronology of 45 key events in the fight for sustainable design

The history of climate change and the history of architecture are connected in many ways. Through a multilayered chronology, It's About Time showcases historical and contemporary building projects such as solar houses, autonomous structures and earth buildings, alongside more than 45 key moments in environmental justice history: among them the first Earth Day, the United Nations conference in Stockholm, the Chernobyl disaster, the Paris Climate Agreements and the European Green Deal. It explores architectural experimentation in the past, depicts the present moment of transition and offers hopeful glimpses of the future. Serving as both a reference and a source of inspiration, this publication is intended for architects, educators, students, scientists or anyone looking to play their part in shaping a more sustainable world. It emphasizes that while the time for change has now arrived, the field of architecture can play a key role in the transitions ahead.

From the Back Cover:

• Climate change and architectural design through the lens of time


• Including a timeline with 45 key moments in climate awareness history and inspiring projects

The history of climate change and the history of architecture are connected in many ways. This book intertwines climate action and architectural design through time. It explores architectural experimentation in the past, depicts the present moment of transition and offers hopeful glimpses of the future.

It’s About Time reveals time as a crucial but overlooked aspect in designing sustainable futures. Bridging past, present and future, the book presents historical and contemporary projects such as solar houses, autonomous structures and earth buildings, along with over 45 key moments in environmental awareness history. Among them the first Earth Day, the UN conference in Stockholm, Eco-science fiction movies and the Chernobyl disaster, but also the Paris Agreements and the European Green Deal. Serving as both a handbook and a source of inspiration, this publication targets architects, educators, students and everyone involved in shaping better futures. Urgent in its message, it claims that the momentum to realize change has arrived, and that the field of architecture can play an important role in the transitions ahead.

Bibliographic Details

Title: It's About Time: The Architecture of Climate...
Publisher: nai010 Publishers
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: paperback
Condition: New