摘要:
The Soviet empire had fallen, the U.S. economy was enjoying an unprecedented run of growth, AIDS was in check, computers and the internet promised a technological utopia, and Frank Gehry, FAIA, was leading architecture into a new era of apparently limitless formal possibilities. With governments across the globe immobilized by corruption, even citizenship in rich countries offers no guarantee of protection. Architects have significant power to mitigate climate change, and the path forward is straight and simple: Join the AIA 2030 Commitment and take responsibility for your buildings' carbon emissions. [Extracted from the article]