"The architecture and construction sector currently accounts for the highest carbon emissions among all global industries. Architecture, which has evolved alongside humanity for over 10,000 years, entered the 20th century prioritizing efficiency and economy above all else, adopting concrete and steel as its near-exclusive materials. This pursuit of industrial optimization, while enabling rapid development, also detached architecture from its ecological roots and intensified the environmental burden of the built environment."
"Architecture, which has evolved alongside humanity for over 10,000 years, entered the 20th century prioritizing efficiency and economy above all else, adopting concrete and steel as its near-exclusive materials."
The architecture and construction sector produces the highest carbon emissions of any global industry. Architecture evolved with humanity for over 10,000 years but shifted in the 20th century to prioritize efficiency and economy above other concerns. The near-exclusive adoption of concrete and steel transformed material practice and enabled rapid industrialized development. That pursuit of industrial optimization detached architecture from ecological roots and amplified the environmental burden of buildings and infrastructure. The modern built environment therefore contributes disproportionately to global emissions and long-term ecological degradation, reflecting a sustained separation between construction practices and environmental sustainability.
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