Evidence-based design
I'm sad that this – or at least the more rigorous application of it – is a relatively new practice. (emphasis added by me) [James Timberlake, FAIA, of KieranTimberlake, says,] “If we weren’t using...
View ArticleCalling it ‘sustainable’ doesn’t make it so
I heard about this really neat construction system at a meeting recently: This company, Strata International Group (website navigation requires Flash, so is unnavigable in my current Firefox), has...
View ArticleA more awesome type of habitable green roof
The type that is habitable for wildlife, soon to come (I hope) in Portland, Oregon. Dusty Gedge, president of the European Federation of Green-roof Associations, took a tour of some of Portland’s green...
View ArticleWhy We Must Integrate Buildings into the Natural Environment Through the...
[I wrote this for the "Sustainable Design as a Way of Thinking" class at the Boston Architectural College.] When natural systems are destroyed in the process of creating a building, it is important...
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