ABSTRACT
Leading modernist architects once wanted to improve the lives of everyday people; now they hope to astonish and amuse their elite clients.
(Glazer, 2007)
In an era of profound global challenges and unprecedented technical innovation, the need for viable formulas for the ongoing welfare of the human race is ever more urgent. Architecture has a long legacy of activism in pursuit of societal and environmental change. While the very doing of architecture implies an activist stance, a holistic and comprehensive application of professional efforts toward the common good has been largely absent from the global discussion on shelter provision, climate change and other issues impacted by the worlds of design and construction.
