Climate Emergency

Housing Fit for Purpose sets out a research-focused approach to looking at the challenges facing the built environment in approaching the design, construction and management of housing.

This radical book aims to inject new insight and urgency into the discourse on the retrofitting of commercial and residential buildings in the face of the climate emergency. It is about the why, how and who should take the lead in revolutionising buildings in the face of serious climate and social change.

Proposes regenerative principles with potential to transform how we design, make and manage our buildings, infrastructure and communities

A fascinating look at a world in which we have become obsessed with economic growth at the expense of quality of life - and what we can do to change