▁consideration . ▁ ▁Reg ener ative ▁design ▁in ▁the ▁built ▁environment ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁L yle ▁challeng ed ▁his ▁landscape ▁architecture ▁gradu ate ▁students ▁at ▁California ▁State ▁Poly techn ic ▁University , ▁Pom ona ▁to ▁" en vision ▁a ▁community ▁in ▁which ▁daily ▁activities ▁were ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁value ▁of ▁living ▁within ▁the ▁limits ▁of ▁available ▁renew able ▁resources ▁without ▁environmental ▁de grad ation ." ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁few ▁dec ades ▁an ▁ec lect ic ▁group ▁of ▁students , ▁profess ors ▁and ▁exper ts ▁from ▁around ▁the ▁world ▁and ▁crossing ▁many ▁discipl ines ▁developed ▁designs ▁for ▁an ▁inst itute ▁to ▁be ▁built ▁at ▁Cal ▁Poly ▁Pom ona . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁the ▁L yle ▁Center ▁for ▁Reg ener ative ▁Studies ▁opened ▁after ▁two ▁years ▁of ▁construction . ▁In ▁that ▁same ▁year ▁L yle ' s ▁book ▁Reg ener ative ▁Design ▁for ▁S ust ain able ▁Development ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁W iley . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁L yle ▁worked ▁with ▁William ▁Mc Don ough ▁at ▁Ober lin ▁College ▁on ▁the ▁design ▁of ▁the ▁Adam ▁Joseph ▁Lewis ▁Center ▁for ▁Environment al ▁Studies ▁completed ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Mc Don ough ' s ▁book , ▁the ▁more ▁popular ▁and ▁successful , ▁C rad le ▁to ▁C rad le : ▁Rem aking ▁the ▁Way ▁We ▁Make ▁Things ▁was ▁published ▁re iter ating ▁the ▁concepts ▁developed ▁by ▁L yle . ▁Swiss ▁architect ▁Walter ▁R . ▁St ah