Recent editions

One theme. Many voices. Useful questions.

Explore GTR editions 70–85 and the ideas they bring into the conversation about African buildings, cities and flourishing.

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Cover of GTR 85: Design for Everyone
Latest edition GTR 85 ·

Design for Everyone

Can We Really Design for Everyone?

A practical examination of inclusive and universal design—asking how buildings can accommodate more human difference with dignity, adaptability and care across time.

Inclusive design Universal design Adaptability
Cover of GTR 84: Maintenance Is Sustainability
Recent edition GTR 84 ·

Maintenance Is Sustainability

Sustainability Does Not End at Handover

How design, repairability, local skills and clear responsibility help buildings keep serving people long after handover—and keep sustainability working across time.

Maintainability Lifecycle stewardship Design for repair
Cover of GTR 83: Intelligence for Sustainable Design
Recent edition GTR 83 ·

Intelligence for Sustainable Design

Even AI Needs a Sense of Place

A human-centred argument for using AI to expand sustainable-design intelligence without surrendering professional judgement, contextual knowledge or responsibility.

AI in architecture Contextual intelligence Sustainable design
Cover of GTR 82: Nature-Based Solutions
Recent edition GTR 82 ·

Nature-Based Solutions

Good Design Works Like Nature

An invitation to treat trees, soils, wetlands, waterways and other living systems as essential infrastructure—not decoration added after the important decisions are made.

Living systems Nature-based infrastructure Climate resilience
Cover of GTR 81: Circular Construction
Recent edition GTR 81 ·

Circular Construction

Even Waste Has a Future

A practical argument for seeing buildings as evolving assemblies of valuable materials—and for considering change, repair, reuse and disassembly from the first sketch.

Circularity Material reuse Design for disassembly
Cover of GTR 80: Healthy Buildings
Recent edition GTR 80 ·

Healthy Buildings

Beyond Energy Efficiency

A broader measure of sustainable building—one that includes clean air, natural light, comfort, dignity, recovery, concentration and belonging alongside resource efficiency.

Human health Indoor comfort Whole-person flourishing
Cover of GTR 79: Cooling Cities
Recent edition GTR 79 ·

Cooling Cities

Designing for Shade, Comfort & Health

A focused look at shade, vegetation, airflow, water, materials and urban form—and how intentional design can make rapidly warming cities healthier and more comfortable.

Urban heat Passive cooling Climate resilience
Cover of GTR 78: Water-Sensitive Cities
Recent edition GTR 78 ·

Water-Sensitive Cities

Designing with Water, Not Against It

A practical shift from flood control to water stewardship—showing how rainfall, buildings, landscapes, drainage, wetlands and public spaces can work together as one urban water system.

Water stewardship Blue-green infrastructure Urban resilience
Cover of GTR 77: The Signals We Build
Recent edition GTR 77 ·

The Signals We Build

Responding to Climate Change

A World Environment Day special edition connecting heat, floods, drought, biodiversity loss and resource pressure with everyday decisions in buildings, streets and cities—and the responsibility to build better.

Climate response Passive design Resilient cities
Cover of GTR 76: The Flourishing City
Recent edition GTR 76 ·

The Flourishing City

Designed Like a Living System

A living-systems view of urbanism that asks cities to replace machine logic with care, connection and adaptability—and draws a practical lesson from Medellín’s transformation.

Flourishing cities Living systems Inclusive urbanism
Cover of GTR 75: Let Life Flourish
Recent edition GTR 75 ·

Let Life Flourish

Designing Beyond Sustainability

A year-end reflection that moves the built-environment conversation from reducing harm towards creating the conditions for human, ecological and community flourishing.

Beyond sustainability Human flourishing Regenerative design
Cover of GTR 74: Green Paths to Peace
Recent edition GTR 74 ·

Green Paths to Peace

Let Life Flourish

A UN World Peace Day special edition connecting environmental stewardship, resource justice and inclusive places with the everyday work of healing, dialogue and peacebuilding.

Peacebuilding Inclusive places Environmental justice
Cover of GTR 73: Symbiature
Recent edition GTR 73 ·

Symbiature

A Design Philosophy for a Thriving Future

An introduction to Symbiature—Denis Akabogu’s Humane, Green and Smart design philosophy—and its proposition for bringing people, nature and intelligent systems into a more regenerative relationship.

Symbiature Humane, Green & Smart Regenerative systems
Cover of GTR 72: The Future of Sustainable Building
Recent edition GTR 72 ·

The Future of Sustainable Building

Trends to Watch in 2025

A forward look at net-positive buildings, circular construction, bio-based materials, artificial intelligence, living systems and other trends shaping sustainable design in 2025.

Future trends Emerging technology Circular design
Cover of GTR 71: Educating Future Generations
Recent edition GTR 71 ·

Educating Future Generations

Green Building in Schools and Universities

A look at schools and universities as places where sustainable design, healthier learning environments and environmental education can shape the habits of future generations.

Green schools Sustainability education Healthy learning
Cover of GTR 70: Empowering Communities
Recent edition GTR 70 ·

Empowering Communities

The Role of Engagement & Education in Green Building

A practical case for involving communities in green-building decisions—combining local knowledge, shared learning and co-design to create places people can sustain over time.

Community engagement Co-design Green-building education

Special editions & milestones

The moments that shaped the GTR journey.

Published outside the regular numbered sequence, these editions preserve important moments in the life of Green Thinking Review and its growing community.

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Milestone edition GTR SE.002 ·

Green Thinking Review Has a New Home

A New Home for the Conversation

Celebrating GTR's dedicated website and thanking the readers and Green Thinkers who have helped the conversation grow. A new home for editions, ideas and practical insights that remain useful beyond the social-media feed.

Website launch Living archive Reader gratitude
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Milestone edition GTR SE.001 ·

1,000 Green Thinkers

A Note of Gratitude

A one-page milestone note thanking the readers, subscribers and contributors who helped Green Thinking Review grow into a community of 1,000 Green Thinkers.

Community milestone Reader gratitude Green Thinkers
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