Edited by Carson Chan and Matthew Wagstaffe
In the 1960s, the postwar push for endless growth and ever-increasing consumption gave rise to concerns about industrial pollution, resource depletion, and ecological collapse, inspiring a new generation of architects to rethink the core tenets of their profession.Published to accompany the first expansive survey of the history of environmental thinking in architecture, Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism studies the role architects have played in defining our understanding of nature and the environment, specifically during the emergence of the environmental movement. This richly illustrated publication presents more than forty-five architectural contributionsfrom Eleanor Raymond and Maria Telkess groundbreaking work on solar houses to Buckminster Fullers world resource management system and the environmental symbolism of Emilio Ambaszto explore the role designers played in both promoting the ecological cause and in outlining the very terms of their nascent field.Through an introductory essay by curator Carson Chan, sharply focused texts on each of the featured projects, and a concise historical timeline, Emerging Ecologies documents the entanglements between ecology, design, and state craft, allowing readers to take stock of historic milestones as architecture confronts todays climate emergencies. 224 pp.; 250 illus.
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