Lance Hosey, is an architect, designer, and writer, and President and CEO of GreenBlue, a non-profit organisation that works to make products more sustainable. He previously he held the position of Director with William McDonough + Partners. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
"...Hosey returns sustainability to its rightful place..."
-- "Green Building"
"The Shape of Green is a positive thesis. It might even inspire
hope in the most pessimistic readers."
-- "Metropolis"
"The Shape of Green is essential nourishment for a smarter
intuition, and Hosey's principles for design are just what we need
for so-called sustainable design to mature past its awkward
adolescence."
-- "Environmental Building News"
"The Shape of Green...deals with the fundamental issues that I
could never quite express to my students about the importance of
aesthetics, design and yes, even beauty, to green building. I could
never quite justify why I would post some projects on TreeHugger
and skip others that might have a higher LEED score. After reading
The Shape of Green, I am much more confident in saying that if it
doesn't move the heart, it doesn't move the needle on
sustainability."
-- "TreeHugger"
"Design has the power to create a world that can be economically,
equitably, ecologically and elegantly enjoyed. In The Shape of
Green, Lance Hosey explores the critically important but too rarely
discussed dimensions of this goal--elegance, joy, and
beauty."--William McDonough "coauthor of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking
the Way We Make Things"
"In The Shape of Green, Lance Hosey delivers a passionate critique
of the design equivalent of CP Snow's 'two cultures'
dichotomy."
-- "Urban Design"
"It's time someone revealed that the opposition of sustainability
vs style, ethics vs aesthetics are false starts. In this book,
Lance Hosey helps retire that opposition and shows us what makes
beauty and sustainability one and the same."
--Susan S. Szenasy "Editor in Chief, Metropolis Magazine"
"It's tomorrow's great design challenge: how to make sustainability
not just likeable but loveable; and not just efficient but
beautiful, sensual, sexy. Lance Hosey is an inspirational guide to
a future we can't wait to embrace."
--John Elkington "co-founder of SustainAbility and author of The
Zeronauts"
"Lance Hosey... has written a valuable book with a clear yet strong
argument at its core: How something looks is as important to
sustainability as how it performs."
-- "A Daily Dose of Architecture"
"The book is...intriguing because it explores a difficult and
important subject and brings together key observations from various
authoritative sources and realms of inquiry. In the end, the book
provides a good introduction to issues of sustainability and
aesthetics."
-- "CHOICE"
"This is a passionate book."
-- "Resurgence & Ecologist"
"True to its own philosophy, The Shape of Green is a beautiful book
that designers (and design lovers) will turn to time and
again."
-- "EcoFabulous blog"
"What is new about The Shape of Green is Hosey's synthesis of
research and design innovations that have been overlooked in many
other books. He has crafted a sophisticated rallying cry and
assembled a nascent toolbox for the next generation of
eco-architects."
-- "Architectural Record"
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