The Architects' Journal, March 30th, 2006
Ecological Architecture: A Critical History
By James Steele. Thames & Hudson, 2005. 272pp, £28
'The ecological approach to building is the great untold story in the architectural history of the past century', says this book's jacket. And with Vitruvian certainty, if not elegance or economy, James Steele opens his account by proposing three 'Constant Determinants of an Ecological Aesthetic': respect for traditional knowledge, as embodied in vernacular architectures; the inescapable role of technology; and the need to address the challenge of the urban future.
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