American Institute of Architects

The AIA is the voice of the architecture profession, dedicated to serving its members, advancing their value, and improving the quality of the built environment. The AIA offers “Knowledge Communities”: groups within the AIA for members who share a passion for a given topic, and who collaborate to deepen their understanding of that topic through ongoing learning and knowledge sharing. One of these Knowledge Communities includes the Committee on the Environment, or COTE.

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Our Favorite Writings About Sustainable Design

• Braungart. Michael; McDonough, William. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. New York: North Point Press, 2002. pp. 17-67 (Chapters 2 & 3).
• Brown, G.Z., and DeKay, Mark. Sun, Wind & Light: Architectural Design Strategies, 2nd Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
• Cronon, William. "The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature," in Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature. William Cronon, ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1995. pp. 69-90. (also see Cronon's book "Nature's Metropolis," an ecological history of Chicago).
• Dewey, John. Art as Experience. New York: Perigee Books. 1934.

The EDC Library's card catalog is now available online. To see if a book is in our collection and available for checkout, you can search for it here.

The EDC library houses our extensive collection of books and periodicals focused on sustainable design. The library is open to the community and is located in our main office at 381B Lawrence Hall.