Barcelona Declaration on Sustainable Design

In a unique agreement, the leaders of four architectural institutions have committed to sustainable design. The “

Barcelona Declaration on Sustainable Design” was signed at the Construmat Fair in Barcelona, Spain by Jaime Lerner, representing the International Union of Architects (and former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil); Paul Hyett, for the Royal Institute of British Architects; Carlos Hernandez Pezzi, for the Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España; and Daniel Williams, FAIA, for The American Institute of Architects. In recognition of the role that design plays in both the health of the natural environment and the quality of human life, the declaration calls for cooperation among design and building professionals worldwide, “so that they may contribute with ever greater effect to the delivery of a built and natural landscape which is safe for children and the children’s children of all species and communities.”