Criticism

Sustainable architecture, it can be argued, does not rigorously form a part of architecture as a discipline. Rather, it is a concern in the building construction industry as a whole, and given the dominance of construction techniques and building subsystems, it should be considered a part of civil engineering as a discipline. Numerous schools of architecture shun "sustainable architecture" as a part of their curriculum, and it is considered to be a fashionable subject at the moment. A number of architects practicing this type of architecture have been criticized as exploiting a dominant concern in the name of architecture in order to gain reputability and garner profits.