Archive for May 8th, 2008
AIA – Washington, D.C., May 8, 2008 — The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has released a study of three green building rating systems (Green Globes, SBTool 07, and LEED NC 2.2) and assess their effectiveness in supporting the goals of the AIA sustainability position statement. In late 2007, the initial results were shared with [...]
THE NEW YORK TIMES – A GLASS staircase can be a glittering piece of architectural sculpture, a light well for an entire house and a signifier of openness.
It can also be scary.
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(Gavin Jackson/Arcaid, for The New York Times)
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Every year for the last nine years, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum has chosen a slate of design-world worthies to receive its National Design Award. And every year at the time of the announcement (this year it is Thursday), some in that same design world scratch their heads, wondering if [...]
CSEMAG.COM - In time for this summer’s Olympics, Beijing’s new Terminal 3—twice the size of the Pentagon—is the largest building in the world. Read Story
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Desert buildings that produce more energy than they consume may no longer be the stuff of mirages. Chicago-based Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture recently won a competition to design Masdar Headquarters, a 1.6-million-square-foot, zero-waste, zero-carbon facility that it predicts will generate not only enough power to run itself, but also surplus energy to [...]
BOSTON GLOBE – Mohsen Mostafavi, the new dean at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, is much more than a man who understands lines, brick, and mortar. He is a philosopher of sorts. Since arriving from Cornell, where he served as dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Mostafavi has been thinking about [...]
ARCHINECT.COM – Architecture for Humanity is raising funds to support reconstruction efforts after this weekend’s devastating cyclone in Myanmar. Please help communities rebuild! Read Story
