Citation

Guy S, Moore SA. J. Architect. Educ. 2007; 60(4): 15-23.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1531-314X.2007.00104.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In our review of the literature concerning sustainable architecture, we find a remarkably diverse constellation of ideas that defy simple categorization. But rather than lament the apparent inability to standardize a singular approach to degraded environmental and social conditions, we celebrate pluralism as a means to contest technological and scientific certainty. At the same time, we reject epistemological and moral relativism. These twin points of departure lead us to propose a research agenda for an architecture of reflective engagement that is sympathetic to the pragmatist tradition.