The magpie in all of us cannot help but love shiny new green goods and gadgets. They appeal to our desire for, and faith in, technological innovation, and companies and popular media tout their ability to alleviate the various ills and crises besieging our world. The more complicated the technology, the more effective we often presume it to be.

Last year Paul Makov-sky wrote in Metropolis magazine: “I don’t know about you, but I’ve been a bit frustrated with a lot of ‘green’ architecture lately — you know, the kinds of buildings that focus on the checklist approach, substituting technical wizardry for simpler, time-honoured principles.”

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