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May 12, 2011
Group Effort: The Next Generation 2011 Winner
A large, multidisciplinary team of architects and engineers envisions a zero-energy future for our federal government.

May 12, 2011
Getting the Feds to Zero: The Next Generation 2011 Runners-Up
The Next Generation designers provide the GSA with a blueprint for the greening of its huge stock of aging, inefficient buildings.

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Next Gen Green Technologies Coming to the National Building Museum

September 04, 2009

Metropolis challenged designers to “fix our energy addiction” in this year’s Next Generation competition. On October 20, at the National Building Museum, in Washington, D.C., Susan Szenasy presents the prize-winning submissions and discusses the power of problem-solving through design thinking in Next Generation Green Technologies. 1.5 LU (AIA) $12 Member; $12 Student; $20 Non-member. Prepaid registration required. Walk in registration based on availability. www.nbm.org


July 17, 2009
Next Gen Notables: Subverting Suburbia

July 09, 2009
Next Gen Notables: Docking Stations

July 02, 2009
Next Gen Notables: Luciform

June 25, 2009
Next Gen Notables: No-Waste Pattern Design

June 18, 2009
Next Gen Notables: Black Box

June 11, 2009
Next Gen Notables: The Single-Family Power Plant

May 13, 2009
Harvesting the Wind
Three young French designers hatch an ingenious plan to use existing infrastructure to create clean energy.

May 13, 2009
Next Generation Runners-Up
This year’s competition asked designers to fix our energy addiction, and they responded with an impressive range of ideas that take on one of the most pressing issues of our time.

May 13, 2009
Air Flow(er)
Andrew Payne

May 13, 2009
The Suburban General Store
Frank Ruchala Jr., Tom Alberty, Pippa Brashear, Michael Piper

May 13, 2009
Radiant FLR2s

May 13, 2009
WattzOn.com

May 13, 2009
FAB.REcology

May 13, 2009
Thermally Active Surfaces

May 13, 2009
Communicating Green
Dan Albert, Myer Harrell

May 13, 2009
Ubicycle
Jung Geun Tak, Shinhyun Kang

November 19, 2008
The 2009 Next Generation® Design Competition Kicks Off in Style
Design-conscious revelers launch this year’s competition.

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