How we move shapes the evolution of cities, and cities, by virtue of their diversity, compactness, and capacity to innovate, will play a critical role in solving chronic problems revealed by the pandemic. To successfully arrest climate change and address inequality, we must transform our transportation system.
The Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) has certified more than four million square feet of projects, most of them in the last five years. Virginia is home to 20 of them.
Securing cleaner energy production is one side of the coin. Mitigating the impact of climate change is the other.
Through Charles Duff’s lively prose and 180+ pictures, we watch as the North Atlantic cities grow, become beautiful, and invent many of the things we take for granted today: parks, mass transit, downtowns, even suburbia.
As architects, we bear a big responsibility in setting the direction of a project from the beginning. And, as architects, I think we bear a big responsibility to carry the message forward about environmental stewardship, which begins with climate action.
“As business activity at architecture firms moves sharply toward recovery, it is very encouraging to simultaneously see such positive indicators of future project work increasing in the pipeline.
Accessibility and amenities define Overture, Poole & Poole’s beachside senior community at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
