CONTENTS FOREWORD BYTHOMAS HERZOG FROM THE AVANT-GARDE TO SUSTAINABILITY BY JANA REVEDIN 8 WINNERS OF THE GLOBAL AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE 2007 STEFAN BEHNISCH, STUTTGART, GERMANY 14 We try to establish modest comfort for work and living spaces. - TERRENCE DONNELLY CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH (TDCCBR), TORONTO, CANADA 18 - HARVARD'S ALLSTON SCIENCE COMPLEX, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA 22 - IBN INSTITUTE FOR FORESTRY AND NATURE RESEARCH, WAGENINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS 24 BALKRISHNA DOSHI, AHMEDABAD, INDIA 28 My architecture is human, but devised for a specific climate. - SANGATH, OFFICES FOR THE VASTU-SHILPA FOUNDATION AND STUDIO SPACE FOR THE ARCHITECT, AHMEDABAD, INDIA 32 - ARANYA, PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING, MADHYA PRADESH, INDORE, INDIA 38 - INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, BANGALORE, INDIA 44 FRANQOISE-HELENE JOURDA, PARIS, FRANCE 46 We architects must finally stop wanting to build monuments! -' BOTANICAL GARDEN, BORDEAUX, FRANCE 50 - CREATION OF A MARKETPLACE AND SURROUNDING SPACES, PLACE DU 8 MAI 1945, LYON, FRANCE 56 HERMANN KAUFMANN, SCHWARZACH, AUSTRIA We're just at the beginning of a broad social and political responsibility. - LUDESCH COMMUNITY CENTER, VORARLBERG, AUSTRIA 64 - OLPERER SHELTER, FINKELBERG IN TYROL, AUSTRIA 70 - ALLMEINTALWEG RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX, LUDESCH, AUSTRIA 76 WANG SHU, HANGZHOU, CHINA 80 A stone wall is like a plant. It has to grow. - CHINA ACADEMY OF ART, XIANGSHAN CAMPUS, HANGZHOU, ZHEJIANG, CHINA 84 - FIVE SCATTERED HOUSES, MINGZHOU PARK, NINGBO, CHINA 90 WINNERS OF THE GLOBAL AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE 2008 FABRIZIO CAROLA, NAPLES, ITALY 96 Local materials and engineering define a new old ethic in architecture. -HOTEL KAMBARY, BANDIAGARA, MALI 100 -REGIONAL CENTER FOR TRADITIONAL MEDICINE, BANDIAGARA, MALI 104 -CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CENTER, BANDIAGARA, MALI 108 ELEMENTAL, SANTIAGO, CHILE 112 Democratic interaction produces more benefit by same investment. -RESORPTION OF A SHANTYTOWN FOR 100 FAMILIES, IQUIQUE, CHILE 116 -LO ESPEJO-SOCIAL HOUSING PROGRAM, SANTIAGO, CHILE 122 -RENCA NEIGHBORHOOD-REHOUSING PROGRAM, SANTIAGO, CHILE 126 RURAL STUDIO, NEWBERN, ALABAMA, USA 128 Ours is a simple sustainability born of necessity. -FIRE STATION AND TOWN HALL, NEWBERN, ALABAMA, USA 132 -AKRON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AKRON, ALABAMA, USA 138 -COMMUNITY CENTER/GLASS CHAPEL, MASON'S BEND, ME COUNTY, ALABAMA, USA 140 -ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH, PERRY COUNTY, ALABAMA, USA 142 -PHILIPPE SAMYN, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM 144 Structure is surprisingly poetic. At any latitude. ROOF SHELTERING OF A TRAIN STATION, LEUVEN, BELGIUM 148 -FIRE STATION, HOUTEN BUSINESS PARK, HOUTEN, THE NETHERLANDS 156 -CARIN SMUTS, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA 160 Sustainability is about people. DAWID KLAASTE CENTER, LAINGSBURG, KAROO, SOUTH AFRICA 164 -GUGA STHEBE-ARTS, CULTURE, AND HERITAGE VILLAGE, BCAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA 170 -WESBANK PRIMARY SCHOOL, WESBANK, SOUTH AFRICA 172 APPENDIX ABOUT THE AUTHORS 177 ABOUT THE WINNERS 178 ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 180