ABSTRACT
By identifying the traditional role of architecture as a setting for sculpture – not as sculpture per se – and in emphasising the role that nature plays in ornament, we have been able to unite contemporary thinking about sustainability with urban design, both theoretically and practically. This chapter presents a case study on Lynch Architects, which is a large–medium practice of 22, based in London. It consciously engages in research in order to clarify their thoughts about the opportunities that they encounter as architects, and in order to try to understand the ethical, philosophical and artistic consequences of intuitive and practical responses to specific situations. Their research grounds practicality in cultural knowledge, offering an orientation and acting as a framework of references and experiences.
