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Architects and Designers Urge Action on Healthier Policy Priorities
Good indoor air quality is critical to learning environments. Connection to nature, daylight, and natural ventilation dictated the building’s design. The Sonoma Academy Janet Durgin Guild &...
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Design Before Air Conditioning Surveys Early Experiments in Climate Control
A graphic shows some early microclimate-tailored strategies detailed in Modern Architecture and Climate: Design Before Air Conditioning by Daniel A. Barber. Courtesy Princeton University Press It’s...
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A City’s Surface Reflects Its Inequities
Surfaces of all kinds are top of mind these days, so we decided to look at all aspects of them, in these articles, from A to Z. Thinking of surfaces less as a product category and more as a framework,...
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Why Interior Designers Must Fight Climate Change
Studies published in 2019 and 2020 suggest that we might have underestimated the cumulative embodied carbon footprint of interior elements, as calculated over the life of a building. Illustration by...
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Low Cost, High Impact: The Drawdown Review Suggests That Architects Move...
An inspector rappels down the blade of a three megawatt wind turbine in Boulder, Colorado. The Drawdown Review (Project Drawdown, 2020) recommends onshore wind turbines as a high-impact way of shifting...
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Fresh Perspectives on Air, Water, and Carbon from Metropolis‘s 2020...
Metropolis’s October 2003 issue pointed out the influence architects could have in the fight against climate change. This issue explains new research that implicates interior designers as well. About...
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5 Must-Read Articles for Earth Day 2021
Courtesy Freres Lumber Throughout the pandemic, we have reengaged with nature, spending more time outdoors to soften the effects of home confinement. We’ve witnessed incidental—albeit...
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These D.C. Art Installations Point to More Than High Water Marks
COURTESY WAYSIDE STUDIO October 13, 2022 These D.C. Art Installations Point to More Than High Water Marks Depicting a 500-year flood line nine feet in the air, the latest sculpture in this creative...
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Six Art Installations Making Sea Level Rise Visible
COURTESY LUKE ODONNOVAN November 4, 2022 Six Art Installations Making Sea Level Rise Visible Around the globe, artists are reckoning with climate change and finding new ways to render the impacts of...
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3 Building Industry Takeaways from the UN Climate Change Conference
SOM’s Yasemin Kologlu speaks at COP28, the UN Climate Change Conference. Photo © Catalin Marin / Courtesy of SOM January 25, 2024 3 Building Industry Takeaways from the UN Climate Change Conference...
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