This text brings together a unique collection of writing by a leading researcher and critic which outlines the evolution of the environmental dimension of architectural theory and practice in the past twenty-five years. It deals with the "The Environmental Tradition provides by example the mechanism for a collaboration between architectural history, design theory and practice which is...likely to motivate an architectural readership..." - The Architect's Journal"This very clearly organised book with its self-contained chapters, is one to keep by your bed and reread again and again" - Architectural Research Quarterly"The Environmental Tradition should be read by all architects and engineers interested in designing buildings with an environmental bias." - The Architectural ReviewDean Hawkes' collection of well-argued essays,...makes a lucid case for a return to passive control over the environment, using the eternal qualities of light and structure as the way of establishing a sustainable, architectural future."As lucid as one might wish." - Architecture Today'Clearly presented... easily readable.' - Architectural Science Review