Further resources

At the end of the book, I promised that this website would offer:

  • Instructions for re-reading Future Build in a different order,

  • More information about many of the projects and inventions featured in the book,

  • Resources and books that have influenced my broader thinking,

  • Related media, such as talks and podcasts.

Well … you found it! Welcome to the webpage where I have tried to upload as much information as possible related to the four topics above. <DECIDE WHETHER TO HAVE “ACADEMICS” AND “PRACTITIONERS” PAGES TOO>

Re-reading in a different order

Future Build explores a number of themes that I believe are important if we are to move towards a more regenerative built environment. These themes are listed below, alphabetically, with an overview of each and a list of places they feature within the book (all page numbers relate to the UK hardback published by Bloomsbury).

To read the book in a different order, I recommend picking a theme, and diving into the places that it’s mentioned.

Do more good

For decades, sustainability has focussed on doing ‘less harm’. In the construction industry, we talk about emitting less carbon, creating less waste, and using fewer resources. But none of this will repair the damage already done to this planet. Just as cleaning up after a disastrous party requires more than simply ‘making less mess’, our buildings and cities must move beyond damage limitation, and towards restoration, regeneration, and repair.

  • Introduced here: Chapter 9 is wholly given over to this idea, starting p247

  • Examples in book:

    • House party analogy to explain ‘do more good’: p247

    • My diagram for doing more good: p250

    • Materials made from waste

    • CE as an entry point

    • Doughnut economics for determining what is ‘good’ (useful)

  • Further reading:

    • Regnerative structural engineer

    • Flourish

Outcomes (not outputs)

  • Introduction to this idea

  • Freya’s thing

  • Wastefulness tour (?)

Right material in the right place

  • Stone sagrada

  • Timber in buildings - e.g. enterprise

  • Outcomes

Second sites

  • Introduced here:

  • Examples in book:

  • Further reading:

    • Embodied biodiversity

    • Regenerative structural engineer

    • HACE?

Use less stuff

Value for carbon

What is this building, and what could it become?

Diagram with a house-like structure labeled at the top 'Do more good' and 'Goal' on the right side. Below are three sections: 'Place' 'Time' and 'Influence'. At the bottom, a gray bar labelled 'Human and ecological metrics'.