Design Forum’s Viviana Peña: Architecture Alone Cannot Generate Long-term Transformation
Viviana Peña on why the architectural response to Colombia’s divisions must be in concert with others.
Design Forum’s Cazú Zegers: Ecocentric not Egocentric
Changing our egocentric culture to an “eco-centric” one, says the Chilean architect Cazú Zegers, is when we see ourselves as part of a complex system that needs to be treated with humility.
Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France
The newly-opened exhibition Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is exponentially more than an opportunity to see Impressionist paintings.
Architects Can and Should Improve the Energy Performance of Buildings
Smita Chandra Thomas is a building science expert who founded Energy Shrink in 2015, a consultancy focused on decarbonization in the built environment that provides technical advice, modeling and analysis, and research.
Looking to Decarbonize Your Practice? Start with EPDs
If you’re an architect at any size firm working on any type of project, you have agency to cut through the blame game to take direct action to decarbonize your work with one simple first step.
Bamboo Contemporary
In this globetrotting tour of fourteen houses, discover how bamboo, one of the most sustainable building materials on the planet, can be used in ingenious ways in residential design.
Design Dialogue: Longhouse & Peabody Fine on Passive House
Longhouse Architects sat down with Peabody|Fine Architects to learn about their path in sustainable architecture.