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LEED
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Viewpoints
Will the New Version of LEED Be Better?
The world’s most popular green building certification is getting ready for an update. Here’s what you need to know about it.
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Projects
A Tech Giant’s Headquarters Is the Site of Environmental and Social Innovation
CallisonRTKL's design for computer-maker Lenovo's new campus in Beijing activates public space while earning both LEED Gold and the China GBL 3-Star rating.
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This Firm Reshaped Its Office into the Hub of a “Carbon Neutral Corridor”
Archimania charts a new path for green building in a carbon-intensive Memphis neighborhood.
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Projects
Staten Island’s Newest Public Library Boasts Net-Zero Credentials
Led by ikon.5 architects, the Charleston Library includes a suite of sustainability features that surpasses its citywide peers.
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Projects
HopeWorks Station Offers a Sustainable Slant on Transitional Housing in the Pacific Northwest
The LEED Platinum mixed-use complex designed by GGLO combines housing with social services for a net-positive community hub.
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Projects
Georgia Tech’s Kendeda Building Sets a High Bar for Regenerative Design
The new center is the largest project in the southeast United States to pursue Living Building certification, widely regarded as the industry's most rigorous sustainability credential.
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Viewpoints
Radical Change in the Building Industry Is Desperately Needed, and It Can’t Happen Without Building Trades
Workers in the building sector are uniquely positioned to make the demand for an ecologically responsible architecture and the renewable energy to operate it.
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Viewpoints
The Most Searched Certifications of 2019
The CEO and founder of ecomedes gives us a behind-the-scenes analysis of ecolabel searches.
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Projects
Sliding Shades and Natural Ventilation Help This San Diego Office Aim for LEED Platinum
Designed by architecture firm BNIM, the roughly 53,000-square-foot office also eschewed surface parking in favor of pedestrian spaces.
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Viewpoints
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Sustainable Building Standards
Metropolis spoke to leading sustainable design firms, both large and small, about pursuing an array of ever-evolving “green” certifications.
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Viewpoints
How Nonprofit and Public-Sector Clients Are Driving Sustainable Design
As these three examples of nonprofit and public-sector clients suggest, those at the top can empower architects to make impactful choices, provided they embrace sustainable goals of substance.
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Programs
Designing Local Workplaces in Global Cities
Principals and CEO of Goettsch Partners consider how urban workplaces can be simultaneously global and culturally specific.
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Projects
The ASID’s New Offices Help Employees Stay Healthy
In its new headquarters, the American Society of Interior Designers tackles the next big challenge for workplace design—helping office-goers stay healthy.
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Products
Timber’s Transformation: An Old Building Material Reborn
Leers Weinzapfel Associates used highly engineered timber as the primary structural system in their plans for the University of Massachusetts Amherst Design Building.
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Programs
Design Needs a Social Conscience
The drive to improve living conditions for all life should be at the center of contemporary architecture and design.
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Viewpoints
The High Ideals of the Living Building Challenge
Jason F. McLennan, CEO of the International Living Future Institute, on shaping the future of sustainable design
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Viewpoints
Is Green Globes a Credible Alternative to LEED?
Opinion: Is Green Globes a credible alternative to LEED?
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Projects
The Architecture of This Science Center Offers a Lot to Geek out About
In both its form and function, the Southwest Fisheries Science Center is intimately tied to the water.
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Products
Advocates Stand up for the Built Environment’s Material Health
Healthy products advocates collaborate, see a growing market
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Projects
A Toronto Hospital That’s Part of the Neighborhood
An impressive new facility in Toronto makes aesthetics an integral part of its vision for health care.