Posted on 02 February 2010.
The topic of our March Salon (the fifth on our series) was on water. Water is perhaps the biggest, and yet least understood, environmental crisis we are facing. Right now, 1.1 billion people (that’s a sixth of the planet), does not have access to clean drinking water. By 2035, it is estimated that up to two-thirds of the planet will be in the same sad state. Read the full story
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Posted on 19 October 2009.
Perhaps you’ve heard. New York’s iconic landmark is undergoing a radical transformation: a $550 million renovation incorporating a comprehensive energy efficiency retrofit. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 October 2009.
The birthplace of the skyscraper has something new to be proud of: the city-funded green roof as community stimulus. Chicago is home to over 200 green roofs, covering 2.5 million square feet, more than any other U.S. city. Read the full story
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Posted on 27 August 2009.
One of the winning Re:Vision Dallas designs, “The Entangled Bank“, has been shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival 2009. Read the full story
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Posted on 12 August 2009.
My name is David Baker and I’m an architect in San Francisco. We work on high density affordable urban infill housing.
And my role in transportation, that’s my hobby. I’m interested in these things because I think the thing about architects is they have a tendency to think inside the property line. Then the property line comes and it’s just “what’s that?†All it is about their building, how they fit in just as a completely separate little isolated entity. Read the full story
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Posted on 12 August 2009.
A RECENT Amazon.com search for “green home†pulled up more than 15,000 book titles. Who has time to read them all? So this week, The Green Home tracked down Eric Corey Freed, the author of “Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies,†and asked him to distill this growing cottage industry of green advice into five must-do steps.
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