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The National Trust for Historic Preservation Helps Tell the Stories of Historic Black Churches
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Manufacturers Catch Up on Embodied Carbon
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Behind This Seattle Office’s Pursuit of LBC 4.0 Certification
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A New Concept for Good Architecture: Embodied Justice
As the social justice movement thrives and the concept of embodied carbon shifts the climate conversation, architects and designers are reexamining the deep impact of their work.
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