A Great Carbon Reckoning Comes to Architecture
Architects have finally begun taking a more nuanced approach to the carbon emitted by new buildings. Are they too late?
Sustainability
Studio Schicketanz Takes on Net Zero in a New Residential Project
A residence in Carmel Valley fuses its clients’ love for the past with sustainable, contemporary living and forward-looking building products.
Giovanni Vaccarini Architetti’s Powerbarn Treads Lightly—While Making a Big Impact
The facility produces ecomass-fueled energy while mitigating a former industrial site near Ravenna.
This Stunning Exhibition Examines Humankind’s Impact on Earth
Anthropocene, a radical multisensory media exhibit, runs through January 5 at MAST Foundation.
New Criteria for Affordable Housing: Green and Healthy
An update to the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria certification, available to property owners of low- and moderate-income housing, integrates key aspects of WELL 2.0.
What is the Social Impact of Sustainable Architecture?
Panelists at the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability event in Los Angeles last week bemoaned the challenges of measuring social equity within sustainability certification frameworks.
Build Tall or Net-Zero? The Conundrums of Energy Efficiency
Panelists at the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability event in Los Angeles last week discussed embodied carbon, adaptive reuse, and the new challenges in hitting energy goals.
California’s Wildfires Prove that Resilient Design Needs Constant Evolution
Panelists at the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability event in Los Angeles last week pointed to policy and research on resilience as top priorities for architects and designers.
An International Design Team Crafts a Sustainable School Campus in Zagreb
The building, by Flansburgh Architects and SANGRAD+AVP, abuts a beloved public park and has become one of the most energy-efficient schools in the EU.
At CarbonPositive ’19, Architects Single Out a Culprit: Big Buildings
At the instigation of architect Ed Mazria, last week’s conference traced how carbon becomes operationalized in the built environment.
To Fight Climate Change, the Building Industry Needs Good Policies Behind It
The Clean Buildings for Washington Act represents a win-win scenario not only for architects and builders, but also cities.
Breaking Down Embodied and Operational Carbon
A panel at the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability symposium in Seattle unpacked carbon and its impact on the design of buildings.
For Sustainable Building Products and Materials, It Can’t be Business as Usual
A panel at the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability symposium in Seattle attempted to answer the question, “What are the new building blocks of sustainability?”
From the Metropolis Archive: Architects Pollute!
Originally published in 2003, this article profiles Ed Mazria, veteran of green design who has studied global warming and sees its cause—and possible solution—coming from the same unlikely source: architects.
9 Products That Support Wellness in the Workplace
As our understanding of wellness grows more complex, designers are thinking about the full life cycle of products they are specifying for the workplace.
This Minimalist Public Pool Creates Its Own Water-Filtering Ecosystem
The Borden Park pool in Edmonton, Canada, was designed by Toronto-based gh3* and requires no chemicals to clean its water.
The Paris Researcher Pioneering a New Way to Recycle Building Materials
Anna Saint Pierre's Granito project is harvesting the ingredients for new architectural building blocks from demolished structures.
Facing a Limited Budget, This Community College Still Built a Net-Zero Facility
The design-build project—with architects BNIM and builders Level 10—features extensive passive ventilation driven by thermal chimneys.
Sustainable Architecture Comes Into Focus For This Year's Stirling Prize
In contrast to recent years, this crop of RIBA Stirling Prize nominees foreground sustainable design practices ranging from low-carbon materials to adaptive reuse.
The Pioneering Sustainable Building That Still Inspires Pilgrimages
Spread out on a field in Michigan, Herman Miller's GreenHouse facility helped popularize sustainable building practices.
