1 Introduction: The paradoxes of sustainable architecture 1Simon Guy and Steven A. MoorePart A Modelling design 132 Hybrid environmentsThe spaces of sustainable design 15Graham Farmer and Simon Guy3 Theory, practice and proofLearning from buildings that teach 31Kathryn Janda and Alexandra von Meier4 The social construction of ‘green building’ codesCompeting models by industry, government and NGOs 51Steven A. Moore and Nathan EngstromPart B Responding design 715 The politics of design in citiesPreconceptions, frameworks and trajectories of sustainable building 73Timothy Moss, Adriaan Slob and Walter Vermeulen6 Equal couples in equal housesCultural perspectives on Swedish solar and bio-pellet heating design 89Annette HenningPart C Competing design 1057 Safe houses and green architectureReflections on the lessons of the chemically sensitive 107Jim Wasley8 Revaluing wood 123Ted Cavanagh and Richard Kroeker9 Policing sustainabilityStrategies towards a sustainable architecture in Norway 145Marianne RyghaugPart D Alternative design 16310 Green buildings in DenmarkFrom radical ecology to consumer-oriented market approaches? 165Kirsten Gram-Hanssen and Jesper Ole Jensen11 Leaky wallsChallenges to sustainable practices in post-disaster communities 185Jamie Horwitz12 Social research on energy-efficient building technologiesTowards a sociotechnical integration 201Harald RohracherConclusion 21913 Reflection and engagementTowards pluralist practices of sustainable architecture 221Simon Guy and Steven A. MooreBibliography 241Index 265