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How U.S. Cities Can Learn From Amsterdam in Becoming More Sustainable | Architectural Digest

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For some Dutch architects, the approach to building has been revamped to one in which new structures contribute to improving the surrounding environment

Save this story Save this story As the climate crisis comes into sharper focus with ever new urgency, architects have been redefining just what “sustainable architecture” can mean, treating the question as a design challenge itself. For a long while, the building industry got a pass for defining sustainability as a less wasteful alternative than conventional approaches. Now, however, for an emerging generation of designers, “less wasteful” isn’t good enough. For them, architecture ought not to be about slowing environmental damage. Instead, it should about reversal—about positively contributin

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