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Creativity Unbound photograpy by Eduard Hueber,New York it is in the progress. It is good that has authored and co-authored several books. Currently, he is musing over people have begun to think and care about sustainability grounds. three topics—densities of cities, open “A building in Bangalore is different buildings and resource effciency. “There are many books published from the building in Delhi because of its different conditions. It leads us to to the growth of the frm, how it grew an understanding to use the natural elements with respect to the locations from our frm. The books are related successfully, new technologies used and in a much more effcient way. I in architect, new designs, and much believe that sustainability need not a more,” he adds. Briefng about his on something that only lasts for 10 to 15 technical issue but it is a cultural issue, next book on densities of cities says years, which is a wrong development, according to him,” he adds. that right now it focuses on densities instead make buildings that depend on of cities in Europe. However, he plans natural resources for its maintenance,” Penchant for Teaching to do the same research in other he avers. Prof. Dietmar is fond of disseminating parts of the world. It is imperative Sustainability term is a quit his acquired knowledge through to look beyond one generation while complicated issue as far the fnal teaching and writing books on designing a building. It should provide standards are concerned. Nevertheless different aspects of architecture. He ample opportunity for changing needs of future generation and according to Prof. Dietmar, an open building can be a best solution. “I would like to have buildings which are not retired by looks; you can use it for apartments, offce, bars either for much more open buildings. The history gives more opportunity to use depth of the buildings to hold the changing needs of the future. It is like you don’t want to live like your parents lived and your children’s doesn’t want to live like you,” he chuckles. His propensity towards teaching always remains with him. He began his teaching in 1983 at Technical University Hannover and in later years he has taugt at Technical University Vienna, University for Art and Industrial Design Linz, ETH- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zuric, Syracuse University, New York and Technical University Darmstadt. Now Prof.Dietmar is ETH Zurich, photograpy by Eduard Hueber,New York ETH CASE (Center for Research Professorship Faculty of Architecture and Head of ETH Wohnforum – on Architecture, Society & the Built Environment). “I love to teach and distribute my wisdom but only thing is you to discover what I teach,” he wraps up. BE Vinutha V & Sanjana M Vol: 3 Issue: 11 November 2014 Built Expressions PG 85