Revolution? Architecture and the Anthropocene [Hardcover]

A critical analysis of architecture's role in the environmental crisis and a call for sustainable practices.

In a world grappling with the urgent need to address climate change, this insightful work examines why the architectural profession has been slow to embrace environmental concerns. Through four thought-provoking essays, Susannah Hagan explores the Modern Movement's legacy, the environmental movement's impact, the importance of materiality, and the necessity for change in architectural education.

Discover innovative approaches to architecture that prioritize nature and sustainability. This is for architects, students, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the built environment's relationship with our planet.

Susannah Hagan is the Founding Director of Research into Environment and Design (R_E_D), a design consultancy that promotes the role of design in making cities more environmentally resilient.Strong and urgent, yet calm and reasoned, this compelling call to action is supported by insights from architects, clients and educators, as well as examples of best practice from around the worldIntroduction. 1. Overthrowing. 2. Converting. 3. Making. 4. Educating. Revolution.'Susannah Hagan has long been regarded as a, perhaps the, leading thinker on the relationship of architecture to the environment.Revolution? Architecture and the Anthropoceneis her latest and deepest enquiry into the subject in which she presents a compelling critique of the architectural movements of the 20th century, in practice, theory and education, from which emerges the prospect of a new synthesis in which architecture regains a true and new relationship with nature.' Dean Hawkes, Emeritus Professor of Architectural Design, Cardiff University, Emeritus Fellow, Darwin College, University of Cambridge'Susannah Hagan has long been regarded as a, perhaps the, leading thinker on the relationship of architecture to the environment.Revolution? ArchlcE