Rough Guide to Sustainability

This is a comprehensively updated and restructured third edition of the bestselling guide to sustainability in architecture and building design. It offers a clear explanation of theory, policy and design approaches for sustainability, including comprehensive essays on the key topics and theoretical debates, such as the history of sustainable development, nature – a guide to building design and education, the key to achieving a sustainable future.

Packed with illustrations, this is an essential reference book for design and built environment students and practitioners. Written by Brian Edwards, Professor of Sustainable Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture.