ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 426
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Mon May 11 11:09:07 PDT 2009
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SOLID GREEN PRACTICE
by Brian Libby
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Given the urgency of our response to climate change and
other environmental needs, is it really okay to keep
building new non-green buildings?
Here are nine U.S. firms that took sustainability to
heart and made green design a centerpiece of their work,
and have now taken the next logical step: they have
committed to create only green buildings, from here on
out.
According to each of these firms, they are no longer
designing any non-green projects. The firms' portfolios
include projects for which LEED certification has been
or will be sought, as well as projects that demonstrate
a comparably high level of sustainability in design,
materials, and performance, but for which LEED
certification will not be sought.
Despite the outstanding work of these broadly excellent
design practices, it took a fair amount of sleuthing to
identify this group. It's interesting that few of these
firms make a public point of being an all-green
practice. In general, their philosophy is that
environmentally sensitive design is simply an integral
element of "good design" overall.
There may also be an element of pragmatism in their
collective modesty. As Florida-based architect Lawrence
Maxwell described in a seminar presentation at last
week's national AIA Convention, at times, depending on
the client, a "stealth sustainability" approach can be
the most effective way to bring up the environmental
performance of a given project.
At the same time, alongside every green design practice,
there are also vital teams that include flexible and
committed green clients and green builders, too.
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Green Stimulus Multiplication
by Edward Mazria, Architecture 2030
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What if there were a way for states, cities, and
counties to leverage each dollar of federal stimulus
money they spend to generate $14 of private spending,
create 14 times the number of jobs, reimburse the
federal government $3, and get a dollar back to boot?
And what if that economic solution could also help us
tackle climate change by constructively attacking
building-related carbon emissions?
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People and Places
by Nancy Novitski
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Architecture & Planning P.C. in New York, New York - RTKL in
Baltimore, Maryland - Astorino in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -
Holzman Moss Architecture in Evansville, Indiana - Perkins +
Will in Washington, D.C., USA - LMN Architects, with Musson
Cattell Mackey Partnership and DA Architects & Planners in
Vancouver, Canada...
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