FOREWORD -- FROM THE AVANT-GARDE TO SUSTAINABILITY -- WINNERS OF THE global award for sustainable architecture -- Stefan Behnisch, Stuttgart, Germany "We try to establish modest comfort for work and living spaces." -- TERRENCE DONNELLY CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH (TDCCBR), TORONTO, CANADA -- Harvard's allston science complex, Harvard University, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA -- IBN Institute for forestryand nature research, WAGENINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS -- Balkrishna Doshi, Ahmedabad, India "My architecture is human, but devised for a specific climate." -- SANGATH, OFFICES FOR THE VĀSTU-SHILPĀ FOUNDATION AND studio space for the architect, Ahmedabad, India -- ARANYA, PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING, MADHYA PRADESH, Indore, India -- Indian Institute of management, Bangalore, India -- FRANÇOISE-HÉLÈNE JOURDA, PARIS, FRANCE "We architects must finally stop wanting to build monuments!" -- BOTANICAL GARDEN, BORDEAUX, FRANCE -- CREATION OF A MARKETPLACE AND SURROUNDING SPACES, PLACE DU 8 MAI 1945, LYON, FRANCE -- HERMANN KAUFMANN, SCHWARZACH, AUSTRIA "We're just at the beginning of a broad social and political responsibility." -- LUDESCH COMMUNITY CENTER, VORARLBERG, AUSTRIA -- OLPERER SHELTER, FINKELBERG IN TYROL, AUSTRIA -- ALLMEINTALWEG RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX, LUDESCH, AUSTRIA -- WANG SHU, HANGZHOU, CHINA "A stone wall is like a plant. It has to grow." -- CHINA ACADEMY OF ART, XIANGSHAN CAMPUS, HANGZHOU, ZHEJIANG, CHINA -- FIVE SCATTERED HOUSES, MINGZHOU PARK, NINGBO, CHINA -- WINNERS OF THE GLOBAL AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE 2008 -- FABRIZIO CAROLA, NAPLES, ITALY "Local materials and engineering define a new old ethic in architecture." -- ELEMENTAL, SANTIAGO, CHILE "Democratic interaction produces more benefit by same investment." -- RESORPTION OF A SHANTYTOWN FOR 100 FAMILIES, Iquique, CHILE.

LO ESPEJO-SOCIAL HOuSING PROGRAM, SANTIAGO, CHILE -- RENCA NEiGHBORHOOD-REHOuSiNG PROGRAM, SANTIAGO, CHILE -- Rural Studio, NEwBERN, ALABAMA, USA "Ours is a simple sustainability born of necessity." -- FIRE STATION AND TOwN HALL, NEwBERN, ALABAMA, USA -- AKRON boys AND GIRLS CLUB, AKRON, ALABAMA, USA -- COMMUNITY CENTER/GLASS CHAPEL, MASON'S BEND, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA, USA -- ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH, PERRY COUNTY, ALABAMA, USA -- PHILIPPE SAMYN, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM "Structure is surprisingly poetic. At any latitude." -- ROOF SHELTERING OF A TRAIN STATION, LEUVEN, BELGIUM -- FIRE STATION, HOUTEN BUSINESS PARK, HOUTEN, THE NETHERLANDS -- CARIN SMUTS, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA "Sustainability is about people." -- DAWID KLAASTE CENTER , LAINGSBURG, KAROO, SOUTH AFRICA -- GUGA S'THEBE-ARTS, CULTURE, AND HERITAGE VILLAGE, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA -- WESBANK PRIMARY SCHOOL, WESBANK, SOUTH AFRICA -- Appendix -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ABOUT THE WINNERS -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS.