| NEWS | DESIGN | BUILDING | DESIGN TOOLS | ENVIRONMENT | CULTURE |
| ENVIRONMENT | ||
|
|
Cultural Initiative | |
|
|
Prefab Platinum | |
|
|
|
|
|
ENVIRONMENT THIS WEEK |
|
|
CULTURAL INITIATIVE Architectural education often cloisters students in an internally focused world of individualized design — encouraging Wright-like bravado or Gehry-esque showmanship. The work of educator Sergio Palleroni challenges this instructional paradigm, and the profession as a whole, to confront a larger global reality and to creatively tackle problems of growing poverty, increasing population, and shrinking resources.
|
|
PREFAB PLATINUM On a cloudy day in April 2006, a crowd of curious onlookers gathered on a hillside street in Santa Monica, California, to watch the installation of the first LivingHomes prefabricated house. Over the course of eight hours, 11 modules were hoisted by crane onto a concrete slab in a dramatic departure from traditional residential construction.
|
|
More Environment Green Light for Architecture — The Press, 2007.0109'Green' Developers Look to Renovations — International Herald Tribune, 2007.0109 Kevin's Ark: How to Build an Eco-House — Mail & Guardian, 2007.0109 Long-Term Global Forecast? Fewer Continents — New York Times, 2007.0109 Building from the Ground Up — USA Today, 2007.0109 Consultant Predicts the Future of the Green Building Industry — PR Web, 2007.0109 A Green Building Revolution Is Hitting Home and Office — Infozine, 2007.0108 EPA Rejects Proposed Lumber Treatment — New York Times, 2007.0108 Prefabs Make Way for Affordable Green Homes — New Builder, 2007.0108 Cook Inlet Belugas Face Extinction Risk — New York Times, 2007.0108 How to Save the Planet by Borrowing — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0107 Gwinnett County Educational Center — Dexigner, 2007.0107 Car Boom Puts Europe on Road to a Smoggy Future — New York Times, 2007.0107 Home into Low-Maintenance Eco-Friendly Options — Financial Express, 2007.0107 A Green Spec on the Planet — Denver Post, 2007.0106 Straw Building Earns LEED Gold — Interior Design, 2007.0105 Growing Greener Prefab — World Changing (blog), 2007.0104 Impact of Transportation Costs on Location Decisions — Revitalization Online, 2007.0104 Sustainability — Grand Rapid's Competitive Advantage — Revitalization Online, 2007.0104 He's Still Following the Sun — Los Angeles Times, 2007.0103 Buildings That Breathe — E Magazine, 2007.0103 Can New Orleans Rebuild Along Green, Affordable Lines? — BDC, 2007.0103 New Orleans Sliding into the Gulf — Live Science, 2007.0102 Empowering Citizens to Build Sustainable Communities — GovTech, 2007.0102 Warming May Change Amazon — Central Florida News, 2006.1231 Green Dream a Red-Tape Nightmare — San Francisco Chronicle, 2006.1231 Carbon Neutrality Comes to North American Lips — Vancouver Sun, 2006.1230 The Path to Platinum — BusinessWeek, 2006.1229 The Future of Solar Power Lies in the Northeast — RenewableEnergyAccess.com, 2006.1227 SBIC'S 2006 Award Winners — Sustainable Buildings Industry Council press release, 2006.1226 Gore Plans to Initiate Grass-Roots 'Carbon Freeze' Movement — Boston Globe, 2006.1210
Note: Pages will open in a new browser window Library : more Green Design and Building Environment Department Archive Special thanks to Sustaining Subscriber www.buildingdesign-recruitment.co.uk and www.modular-buildings.co.uk,www.construction-index.com and www.beesker.com, and BuilderSpace.com. |
|
Send this to a friend Subscribe Contribute Media Kit Privacy Comments
