DETAIL English 5/2005

Solar construction, which implies the preferential use of regenerable forms of energy, seems to have established itself on an international scale in recent years.In many countries increased efforts are being made to find pragmatic solutions removed from the mainstream of politics.

In the US in particular, more and more architects are propagating environmental ideas through their teaching and their buildings in a bid to increase public awareness; and "green" builings are regarded as politically correct company visiting cards.

In Brazil, planners and politicians in Curitiba are seeking to create attractive urban conditions by landscaping the city with 26 woodland areas and parks and by effecting a radical shift from private vehicles to a dense urban transport network that everyone can afford.