Review
It could well turn out to be the most important book yet published on sustainable design.' --Gary J. Coates, Victor L. Regnier Distinguished Faculty Chair, Department of Architecture, Kansas State University
'This is an important, timely, and significant book. It brings Integral Theory to Design in a simple but profound way. Highly recommended!' --Ken Wilber, author The Integral Vision
'Every day I hear from architects, designers and students asking for advice on how and where they can begin to learn about and get involved in a much needed design revolution that goes beyond corporatist ideas of "green" and "sustainability." Finally, I can point them to Mark DeKay's new book, "Integral Sustainable Design" which provides the framework and perspective that people who feel the inadequacy of today's design practice and theory can relate to and from which they can learn.' --Sim Van der Ryn, author Ecological Design and Design for Life
'Integral Sustainable Design presents a holistic theoretical framework, which both encompasses and integrates all the perspectives and disciplines that must be considered if we are to create a sustainable society worth sustaining. It could well turn out to be the most important book yet published on sustainable design.' --Gary J. Coates, Victor L. Regnier Distinguished Faculty Chair, Department of Architecture, Kansas State University
'Integral Sustainable Design gives designers a pragmatic and powerful process by which to make explicit the experiential and cultural dimensions so often left out of the common approaches to design. Both the design community at large and students of Integral Theory in other contexts will find DeKay's volume of great value. Timely, quite unique, and much needed!' --Sean Esbjorn-Hargens, Ph.D., John F. Kennedy University, co-author of Integral Ecology and editor of Integral Theory in Action.
About the Author
Mark DeKay is Associate Professor of Architecture, Chair of Graduate Architecture, and Director of Graduate Studies in the College of Architecture and Design at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Mark co-edits the online UT Certificate in Sustainable Design and Green Building for licensed professionals. He is a registered architect and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Green Professionals. He and his wife and editor, Susanne, live in a houseboat on Tellico Lake.
