Assessment of Awareness of Architects on Sustainable Building Materials in Minna, Nigeria

Sustainability is so important that both the MDGs and SDGs as United Nations development initiatives have listed it a vital component. Non-sustainable practices lead to depletion destruction of environment with consequences are still being understood. This could even get worst if professionals in Building industry do not key into sustainability initiative. Architects, built environment, take most decisions far design construction buildings concerned. Their awareness knowledge sustainable building materials very solving this emerging problem. study aimed at evaluating level Architects on Materials. measured by looking knowledge, specification application materials. The was qualitative hence; data obtained through six-item structured schedule interview. A total 18 registered were purposively selected for study. results showed we close two decades since international attention has been drawn sustainability, there low among Architects. also revealed sometimes like pushing boundaries out their comfort zones writing involved. In conclusion, recommended updating bye-laws state, intending make update Materials result more regular designs.