Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism books Carved from premium marble in Carved from premium marble in bold black and crisp white tones this volume collects and recounts Bruno Munari's work Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism looks at the role architects have played in defining our understanding of "nature" and the "environment The richly illustrated publication presents over 45 architectural contributions—from Eleanor Raymond and Mária Telkes’ groundbreaking work on solar houses to Buckminster Fuller’s world resource management system and the environmental symbolism of Emilio Ambasz—to explore the role designers played in both promoting ecological concerns and in outlining the very terms of this nascent field