From Bauhaus to Eco-House: A History of Ecological Design

Global warming and concerns about sustainability recently have pushed ecological design to the forefront of architectural study and debate. As Peder Anker explains in FROM BAUHAUS TO ECOHOUSE, despite claims of novelty, debates about environmentally sensitive architecture has been ongoing for nearly a century.  Anker traces the historical intersection of architecture and ecological science and assesses how both remain intertwined philosophically and pragmatically within the still-evolving field of ecological design.