The second instalment of the Architecture and Technology series brings together a diverse collection of fifty-five lectures given at the Norman Foster Foundation between 2021 and 2023 by leading voices in the fields of sustainability, architecture, urbanism, energy, art and mobility. With an introductory chapter by Amory B. Lovins, Co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Rocky Mountain Institute, authors include experts such as Vishaan Chakrabarti, Founder and Creative Director of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism; Dava J. Newman, Director of the MIT Media Lab and Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics at MIT; Maya Lin, Director of Maya Lin Studio; and Shigeru Ban, Founder and Principal of Shigeru Ban Architects.
Preface Norman Foster
Introduction: The Right Steps in the Right Order Amory B. Lovins
Towards Carbon Negativity
Shelter and Settlements
Biomaterial Futures
Art and Ecology
Materials and Methods for Better Building
Circular Economy
Designing for Social Equity
Greening the City
New Paradigms in Energy
