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Future Build
How Construction Can Heal Our Planet
We can build without destroying the planet. This book shows how.
Construction is one of the most environmentally damaging activities on Earth. The materials we make almost all our buildings from today – concrete, steel, glass, aluminium, brick – are responsible for vast emissions, resource depletion, and ecological harm.
Yet we need buildings – they shelter us, bring us joy, and are a part of who we are as humans. Without buildings, we have no civilisation.
As such, buildings are humanity’s greatest opportunity to change course, bringing benefit to people and nature all at once. We already know how to design and build in ways that use less, reuse more, work with nature, and bring positive impacts to all.
The challenge is no longer technical. It is cultural, commercial, and collective.
Advanced praise for Future Build
“A wonderfully positive book that shows how we must transform the way we construct buildings to work in harmony with the natural environment.”
“Will Arnold puts the whole construction story in perspective, in his user-friendly, jargon-free, solutions-rich Future Build.”
“Brilliantly shows how radical innovations in materials and engineering are creating a bighter and more sustainable future for human civilisation. Superb.”
“Entertaining, authoritative and thoroughly readable: essential reading for practitioners and policymakers alike.”
“Filled with so many fascinating ‘Oh, I hadn’t thought of it like that’ moments. Will Arnold is a masterful storyteller and expert guide”
“A revelatory guide to building with a conscience.”
“Thoughtful, hopeful and deeply informed, this is vital reading for anyone committed to a regenerative future.”
“Compelling, global and profoundly hopeful. We all inhabit buildings, and we should all care how they are made.”
“Explores materials at their grandest scale and reveals the impacts of the world we’ve built.”
“A great read for anyone interested in the future of buildings and cities”
“Fun and accessible, this is essential reading on why and how the way we design buildings needs to change. ”
“Reframes sustainable construction from ‘less bad’ to regenerative, providing clarity on the steps need to transform buildings.”
“I started the prologue and before I knew it I’d finished the book.”