Sustainability
Profiles
Yasmeen Lari: Starchitect Turned Climate Activist
Pakistan’s first woman architect turned away from glass, steel, and concrete to launch a low-carbon, self-build movement for climate refugees and the…
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5 Strategies for Community-Based Hospitality Design
David Baker Architects’ principal Brett Randall Jones draws on his affordable housing expertise to pursue a new approach to hotel design that engages…
Projects
INFORM Studio Brings a Net-Zero Energy Visitor Center to Providence
The Roger Williams Park Gateway Center transforms a formerly vacant site into an inclusive public space and entrance to Rhode Island’s 500-acre Roger Williams…
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Reintroducing the Climate Toolkit for Interior Design
The toolkit now contains expanded guidance on carb…
Projects
Inside the Houston Endowment’s New Net-Zero Building
Kevin Daly Architects and Productora team up on a …
Projects
Could 3D-Printed Formwork Revolutionize Sustainable Construction?
Researchers at Gramazio Kohler Research and ETH Zu…
Products
7 Ways LinoFloor XF2 Is Greener than Ordinary Linoleum
Linoleum has always been a biobased product. Now T…
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In Texas, a Passive House Blends Style and Sustainability
Forge Craft Architecture + Design and Hugh Jefferson Randolph partner to refresh a 1914 craftsman home, making it hyper energy efficient along the way.
Projects
The 2023 Responsible Disruptors Making an Impact in Tech
Metropolis’s Responsible Disruptors program honors A&D technology projects that use innovation as a force for good.
Viewpoints
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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Shigeru Ban Is Unimpressed by the Mass-Timber Boom
The Pritzker Prize–winning maestro of timber arc…
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This Oslo Workplace Is Made of 80 Percent Upcycled Building Materials
Local firm Mad Arkitekter refurbishes an office bu…
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The Portal Pairs Circular Waste Technology and High Design
An off-grid toilet developed by Jeff Wilson’s Ju…
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A Floating Learning Center Is Inspired by a Salmon’s Eye
The structure, anchored in a Norwegian Fjord, was …
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This Food Rescue Nonprofit’s HQ Offers Beauty During a Crisis
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