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Every so often, an exceptional work of architecture emerges from an opportune convergence of just the right client working with just the right team of architects, engineers, and consultants on a building that is just right for the times. Kroon Hall at Yale University is one of these.
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For the new Christman Company headquarters in downtown Lansing, Michigan, SmithGroup set out to design modern, high-end offices within a historic building. What resulted, somewhat surprisingly, was a sustainable exemplar. Christman, a Lansing-based construction company, had purchased a 1928 building listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and set a modest goal for sustainable renovation: basic certification under LEED for Core & Shell.
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More Environment Governor's Plan Would Shield Projects from Lawsuit — Desert Sun, 2010.0211Rain Pours New Misery on Quake - Struck Haiti — New York Times, 2010.0211 Heavy Snow Fall Consistent with Global Warming — New York Times, 2010.0211 De-Industrializing the City — World Changing (blog), 2010.0208 Green Housing Sceme for Crime-Riddled Wasteland — Plymouth Herald, 2010.0208 Quebec’S Vehicle Emission Law Is Disputed — New York Times, 2010.0208 Nuclear Power Giant Buys Solar Firm — New York Times, 2010.0208 Hawaii Senate Says Cutting Back on Paper Has Saved $1.2 Million — New York Times, 2010.0207 Giants Stadium, the Wrecking Ball, and Sustainable Structures — Huffington Post, 2010.0206 Green Homes Built Quickly? Stylish Prefab Options Expand — USA Today, 2010.0206 Construction Industry Takes on Sustainability — Glass On Web, 2010.0205 Is Climate Change Hiding the Decline of Maple Syrup? — Nature, 2010.0205 A Boom in ‘Distributed’ Solar Projects — New York Times, 2010.0204 New Wind Power Tops All Other Sources in 2009 — The Ecologist, 2010.0204 Penn State Panel Partially Clears Professor in Climate E-Mail Inquiry — Los Angeles Times, 2010.0204 State Is First in Eco-Friendly Building Codes — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2010.0203 Designing for Deconstruction — Architecture & Design (Australia), 2010.0203 Flushing Commons Is a Green Megacomplex for Queens, New York — Inhabitat (blog), 2010.0203 Amale Andraos and Dan Wood on the Edible Schoolyard — Metropolis P/O/V (blog), 2010.0203 Household Pesticide Is Finding Its Way into California Rivers, Study Suggests — New York Times, 2010.0203 House Bill Would Prevent EPA Regulating Carbon — Reuters, 2010.0203 Phishing Attack Nets 3 Million Euros of Carbon Permits — BBC News, 2010.0203 EPA Biofuels Guidelines Could Spur Production of Ethanol from Corn — Washington Post, 2010.0203 Baltimore's Green Building Law Still in Limbo — Baltimore Sun, 2010.0203 President Touts His Alternative Fuels Plan — New York Times, 2010.0203 Overcoming the Ugly Factor in Building-Integrated Solar Design — New York Times, 2010.0203 In Texas, Resistance over Stricter U.S. Smog Limits — , 2010.0203 Households Enter Voluntary Carbon Market — New York Times, 2010.0203 Wind Power in Europe Grows, but Credit Remains Tight — New York Times, 2010.0203 Brazil to Build World's Third Largest Dam in Amazon — The Ecologist, 2010.0202 The Community-Owned, Timber-Framed, Self-Heating Village Shop — The Ecologist, 2010.0128 New Anti-Smog Restrictions Could Warm Planet — Southern California Public Radio, 2010.0128 China's Cabinet Says Pollution Situation Still Serious — Reuters, 2010.0127 The Community-Owned, Timber-Framed, Self-Heating Village Shop — The Ecologist, 2010.0126
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