http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/ Full issue contents of ArchitectureWeek - The magazine of design and building en-us Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:59:00 GMT Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:59:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ArchitectureWeek Editorial System editor@architectureweek.com editor@architectureweek.com http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2013/0130/environment_1-1.html As we discussed in a recent article, most buildings in 2050 mdash; less than forty years from now mdash; will likely have to get by with perhaps 10 of the carbon footprint common in the U.S. today. We know of exactly one established building standard that's been demonstrated to produce 2050ready homes, today. And, harsh though it might sound, anything built today that is significantly less efficient than the roughly 90 energy savings achieved by Passivhaus, seems designed to be obsolete. mdash;The Editors Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2013/0130/environment_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2013/0130/culture_1-1.html The house was designed for a couple who approached Le Corbusier after he lectured at the Sorbonne in 1924. The overall building form is influenced by the shape of the triangular site and the interior by the requirement of merging two different programs: a doubleheight space with a sleeping balcony for the wife's painting studio and a pieshaped onestory space for the husband's music studio. Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2013/0130/culture_1-1.html