After 2020, Designing For Indoor Air Quality Will Never Be the Same
In a year marked by airborne pathogens and wildfires, how should HVAC systems evolve to protect us from dangers lurking both inside and out?
Audrey Gray is a Brooklyn-based multimedia journalist specializing in architecture and social design. She has—just very occasionally—rung the doorbells of midcentury modern masterpieces unannounced.
In a year marked by airborne pathogens and wildfires, how should HVAC systems evolve to protect us from dangers lurking both inside and out?
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The administrators of the WELL Building Standard filled their office with plants and standing desks to achieve WELL Platinum.
A recent slew of open-source and open-access tools equip practitioners with the data they need to make more informed material and design choices.
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The design-build project—with architects BNIM and builders Level 10—features extensive passive ventilation driven by thermal chimneys.
Architects have enormous sway in specifying building materials and modes of operation; they also understand the political, budget, and client-education barriers to executing zero-carbon designs better than anyone.
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The Lighting Research Center (LRC) is doubling down on efforts to educate designers and manufacturers about the potential impact light has on human health.
Metropolis spoke to leading sustainable design firms, both large and small, about pursuing an array of ever-evolving “green” certifications.
Professors at Parsons, Princeton, Yale, and MIT are using a platform called Are.na to help students collaborate without judgment and create in the public eye.
The Gates Foundation, the World Bank, and other global development influencers launch a Commission to address ecological disasters already at hand.
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The building’s developers and architects want the House to be a tangible example of eco-conscious living.
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The Rochester Institute of Technology’s senior studio Metaproject is a lesson and exercise in market reality.
International aid organization Communitere proposes an alternative model for disaster relief by linking communities with vital tools and technology.
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Legislative advocates oppose the repeal of targets to reduce carbon emissions in federal buildings—and that’s not their only concern.
With ambitions to tackle the global food crisis, the new design pub isn't your typical feel-good foodie mag.
Seattle architect Rania Qawasma has created an award-winning guide for refugees navigating day-to-day life in American cities.
A new book, edited by Kenneth Frampton, collects Wright's prolific writings, including various political musings on the potential for Americans to lose their freedoms.
Photographer Brian Guido takes us on an in-depth tour around Frank Lloyd Wright's ever-evolving "camp for adults," capturing everything from its petroglyph-inscribed boulders to its unique bright blue chairs.
New exhibit celebrates the work of Taliesin Fellow Kaneji Domoto, a Japanese-American architect and landscape designer who helped fashion Usonia.
Not enough has been made of Frank Lloyd Wright's artful home furnishings and designs. New Wright-inspired lines may just change all that.
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