Land use and construction consume large amounts of natural resources and energy, directly and indirectly causing a lion's share of the emissions and waste. What kind of changes this should prompt in architecture, if we aim for a more sustainable future?

The issue focusses on different dimensions of and viewpoints to ecology and being ecological in a time when we need to reexamine the mankind’s relationship with other species and the environment. For Maiju Suomi, Japanese architect Hiroshi Sambuichi’s works provide inspiration – sustainable architecture can be technically inventive whilst making full use of its aesthetic potential...

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