Category: sustainable design
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Green Home Design Closes the Wealth Gap in the US
Sustainable homes may seem like a luxury, but green design solutions can help close the wealth gap in the United States…
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New research on “mother” trees | the importance of FSC certified wood
Mother trees that communicate to their seedlings, sending them nutrients? Trees that share information among species to ensure their mutual survival?…
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In Pursuit of Happiness – The Question of Size and Architecture
The topic of size comes up a lot at architectural conferences. The issue is an important one for obvious reasons – bigger homes require more energy to heat and cool and more energy goes into the construction materials.
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Modern Green Virginia Beach House Tour
Superinsulated and designed to meet Passivhaus standards, triple glazed windows, Huber Zip system, FSC certified woods and many other sustainable features.
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Virginia’s Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center in Film
Teen filmmaker James Hill documentary showcases the Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center’s green features.
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Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center of Virginia: Engaging People is Key to a Building’s Success
We design with the philosophy that engaging people in our buildings is key to a project’s success. We think a lot about how to create opportunities for discovery, for collaboration, for a conversation with nature
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Sustainable Design Requires Creative Solutions
A sustainable architect needs to solve for more than would the typical designer. I liken our process to solving the Rubic’s cube – where all the goals, challenges and givens must be in alignment.
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Allison Ewing Shares Her Green Design Expertise at Hanley Wood’s Vision 2020 Symposium
She discusses why the building is at a Darwinian crossroads and it’s time to evolve an Architecture of the Fittest.
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Shape in Context
The natural world has many examples of adaptation to climate. The northern white-tailed deer has a lower surface area to volume ratio than does its more diminutive southern cousin and radiates less body heat per unit of mass, allowing it to stay warmer in the colder climate.
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The Butterfly Effect
If a single flap of a butterfly’s wings can be instrumental in generating a tornado, so also can all the previous and subsequent flaps of its wings…