Green Wednesday 2007.0523

Wed May 23 22:45:37 PDT 2007

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you
weekly green design and building news from around the world.

This week sees massive coverage of green in the New York Times,
and again Al Gore weighs in significantly:

	"The central challenge," [Gore said to the Times
	reporter], "is to expand the limits of what’s now
	considered politically possible. The outer boundary of
	what’s considered plausible today still falls far short
	of the near boundary of what would actually solve the
	crisis."

Al Gore Has Big Plans - New York Times, 2007.0520
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20wwln-gore-t.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=slogin

Other articles in the Times special coverage:
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An Eco-House for the Future - New York Times, 2007.0520
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20scofidio1.html?ref=magazine

The Road to Curitiba - New York Times, 2007.0520
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20Curitiba-t.html?ref=magazine

The Accidental Environmentalist - New York Times, 2007.0520
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20shigeru-t.html?em&ex=1179806400&en=38df1b95aca7c4e7&ei=5087%0A

The Zero-Energy Solution - New York Times, 2007.0520
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20solar-t.html?ref=magazine

The Native Builder - New York Times, 2007.0520
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20murcutt-t.html?ref=magazine

Why Are They Greener Than We Are? - New York Times, 2007.0520
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20europe-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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One-Sixth of Europe's Mammals Face Extinction - Nature, 2007.0522
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070521/full/070521-4.html

China Says Environment Losing Out to Development - Reuters, 2007.0522
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSPEK33403220070522

World Growth Spurs Faster Climate Change - The Star (Malaysia), 2007.0522
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/5/22/worldupdates/2007-05-22T103552Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-299367-1&sec=Worldupdates

A Leed of Faith - Canadian Architect, 2007.0522
http://www.canadianarchitect.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?story_id=23574152112&issue=05012007&PC=

The Late Spring of American Green Architecture - Wired, 2007.0521
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/05/the_late_spring.html

Three Gorges Dam Is Hurting River, Study Finds - MSNBC, 2007.0521
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18782789/

Urban Rebirth - Philadelphia Inquirer, 2007.0521
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20070521_Editorial___Urban_Rebirth.html

Australian Foreign Minister Says Carbon Trading Unlikely Soon - International Herald Tribune, 2007.0521
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/21/asia/AS-GEN-Australia-APEC-Carbon-Trading.php

'Off-Grid' Community Runs on Solar, Wind - MSNBC, 2007.0521
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18744225/

Mud Flooring Is Latest in Natural Building Movement - Chicago Tribune, 2007.0520
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/nearwest/chi-mudfloorsmay20,1,7300239.story?coll=chi-newslocalnearwest-hed

Badly Built New Homes 'Threaten Green Plans' - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0520
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2084053,00.html

Renewable Energy: The Tide Turns - Independent Digital, 2007.0520
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2562753.ece

Architect Daniel Smith: The Strength in Straw - World Changing (blog), 2007.0519
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/006724.html

Eco-Towns Are Sign of Political Environment - Financial Times, 2007.0519
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7a4abb6e-05a6-11dc-b151-000b5df10621.html

Kelly to Announce Green Overhaul of Planning Rules - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0519
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2083422,00.html

Passive Energizes - Toronto Star, 2007.0519
http://www.thestar.com/Athome/article/214807

Canadian Appointed Chair of World Green Building Council - Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 2007.0518
http://dcnonl.com/article/20070518600

Southern Ocean Saturated with CO2 - TVNZ, 2007.0518
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/1128744

A Home That Heats and Cools Itself - New York Times, 2007.0517
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/technology/circuits.html

Climate Change Creating New Refugees - Boston Globe, 2007.0517
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/05/17/climate_change_creating_new_refugees/

China Begins Expanding Its Supertanker Fleet - International Herald Tribune, 2007.0516
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/16/business/tanker.php

HOK Straw Bale - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0516
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0516/environment_1-1.html
	For over a decade, straw-bale construction has been
	growing in popularity among "alternative" house builders.
	The durable, low-cost, nontoxic, highly insulating,
	pest-resistant, and potentially structural material is
	especially practical in hot arid climates. It was used
	extensively in the treeless grasslands of the U.S.
	Midwest early in the 20th century.

COTE Top Ten 2007 - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0516
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0516/index.html
	The AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) has announced
	its annual selection of "Top Ten Green Projects" -
	exemplars of sustainable architecture in the United
	States. Since the program's inception in 1997, these
	awards are becoming increasingly competitive.

Modular Homes the Next Wave Way of Green Building - St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2007.0516
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/C416076B5B3E8C1F862572DD000C601B?OpenDocument

Product News - TimberTech(R) FenceScape(TM)	low-maintenance fencing
     http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0516/products_update.html

People and Places This Week - New York, St. Louis, Charlottesville, 
    New Orleans, Chicago, Monterrey, Waltham, Pittsburgh:
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0516/people_and_places.html

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This Week's Quiz -	
	The Danziger Studio (1965) in Hollywood, California is a
	modern and simple artist's studio and residence
	consisting of linked cubes. This is an early work by a
	designer who has since become famous for decidedly
	un-cubic architecture. Who is this architect?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0516/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	In a wide concert hall with high ceilings, the center of
	the orchestra section often has good sight lines but poor
	acoustics. In fact, if you don’t mind using binoculars,
	you may get better sound in the back balcony. Why is this
	so and how can it be fixed?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0516/answer.html

Classic Home 074 - Straw Bale House, by Arkin Tilt Architects.
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0516/classic_home.html

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