Werner Sobek's new book "non nobis" is an alarming analysis and stocktaking of the climate-damaging role of the building industry worldwide.

"Starting from what is" - with this quote by the artist Joseph Beuys, Werner Sobek introduces the first volume of his trilogy "non nobis": the almost 300-page work is a global stocktaking of current trends and developments that directly affect our built and natural environment - and which are massively influenced by the way we build: Resource consumption and availability, building materials, emissions, energy, global warming, climate targets, population trends and much more. This novel hybrid of non-fiction and reference book was published by av edition in Stuttgart.