Preface / Rosalie Genevro -- Foreword / Kenneth Frampton -- Green Culture and the Evolution of Architecture / Peter Buchanan -- The Ten Shades -- Beyeler Foundation Museum: Riehen (Basel), Switzerland 1992-97 -- Commerzbank Headquarters: Frankfurt, Germany 1991-1997 -- Cotton Tree Pilot Housing: Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia 1992-1994 -- Gotz Headquarters: Wurzburg, Germany 1993-1995 -- Hall 26: Hanover, Germany 1994-1996.

Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham: Nottingham, England 1996-1999 -- Minnaert Building: Utrecht, The Netherlands 1994-97 -- Mont-Cenis Training Center: Herne-Sodingen, Germany 1991-1999 -- Slateford Green: Edinburgh, Scotland 1996-2000 -- Four Houses: Fernau & Hartman Architects.

Summary A compelling and provocative manifesto using ten buildings to illustrate how environmental responsibility promises to reinvigorate contemporary architecture. Contemporary buildings, like contemporary forms of urban development, are major contributors to the environmental crisis. Curator and critic Peter Buchanan uses ten buildings that combine environmental responsibility and design excellence to argue that sustainability is not just good for the planet, but offers architects new

opportunities for creativity and innovation. Generously illustrated with photographs and plans of work by an international roster of architects, including Norman Foster, Herzog + Partner, Michael Hopkins and Partners, Neutelings Riedijk Architecten, Renzo Piano, and others. Architect, writer, critic, and consultant in environmental design and planning, Peter Buchanan lives in London.