The New Carbon Architecture

In an interview with the AIA’s Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE), when asked about innovation in the profession of architecture and whether architects are helping to address the challenges faced by global warming, author Paul Hawken summed it up: “This is the design opportunity before us. Architects must explore how to design in alignment with life and living systems. Never has there been a better time to be an architect.”

We agree!

We’re inspired by Bruce King’s book, The New Carbon Architecture: Building to Cool the Climate. King has edited and co-authored chapters in this fascinating look at how we can design and build buildings that help to take carbon out of the atmosphere.

Check out this book, and learn more about green building through sources like the Ecological Building Network (“Ecological Building Network is an open group of engineers, builders, and architects developing and disseminating best technologies for the built environment.”), the Southface Energy Institute in Atlanta, and the US Green Building Council.