2017-11-14 12:14
The Sustainable Model for Tomorrow’s City Starts with the Post Industrial City
Over the past half century, our western cities that emerged from the industrial revolution have grown int… Read More
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2017-06-21 16:01
Beside New York’s Bryant Park this morning, a crowd paired their pre-work coffee with an interview of prolific architect Daniel Libeskind to discuss the future of our urban spaces. Whi… Read More
2017-03-20 11:31
Yet only two months into a new administration’s tenure, we find ourselves with a new reality previously never before encountered by a millennial generation of environmentalists. After… Read More
2017-01-23 16:16
[Editor’s Note: Below is a guest post from Jesse Glicker LEED AP. Formerly, the Special Projects Coordinator at COOKFOX Architects, Jesse is currently a Masters Ca… Read More
2017-01-16 12:25
The majority of the developed, American landscape has been crafted around automotive transport. As auto technology matured, increasing amounts of resources and area have been devoted to expa… Read More
2017-01-09 12:45
In the new millennium, Urban planning trends have consistently embraced the practice of turning old industrial areas into new opportunities for residential and commercial development. W… Read More
2016-08-02 15:18
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The rate and degree of evolution for building types and development patterns around the world may be one of the most critical decisions facing the fate of the biosphere over… Read More
2016-05-18 14:23
Throughout the evolution of western society the idea of growth has been a cornerstone of both economic and political metrics. The image of success enjoyed by developed countries has helped t… Read More
2016-04-28 13:56
One of the results of an increasingly national, if not international, economy is the rise of larger organizations to outbid smaller competitors with standardization and greater access to res… Read More
2016-03-29 13:06
It would be fair to say that the baseline of sustainability in building construction is rising. Whether it is due to improving technology, updated building codes or the slow but steady growt… Read More
2016-02-10 16:26
Historically, zoning codes were written to help guide development with broad strokes of organizational strategy. In dense urban environments this could be to help toggle building height and… Read More
2016-01-28 17:47
Last week’s snowpocalyspe for the Northeast underscored the growing need to address issues of resiliency across all development patterns. The combination of fast-tracked growth in new… Read More
2016-01-19 14:57
What was once a broad system of cutting edge technology has grown into an antiquated system that we rely on implicitly. In many ways, the evolution of modern society has outpaced our means&n&hell…Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Ohio State Senate has been prompting media chatter by its support of Senate Concurrent Resolution 25, which would ban the use of the United States Green Building Council’s LEED v4… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
As the portion of our power that comes from renewable energy continues to grow, these technologies will need to continue to evolve in order to mitigate some of their inherent infrastructural… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This was the question posed to a panel at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2014. Comprised of educators, scholars and students, the group floated ideas for how sustainability cannot only ga… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This forum continues to vet the definition of sustainability and how it differs from public perception inside and outside of the United States. For most of us, I would argue that our underst… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
With our feet firmly in 2016, we now have a chance to recover from the holiday revelry while helping to craft our new version of normal complete with some proactive adjustments for the new y… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
[Editor’s Note: Below is a guest post from Jessica Glicker. Currently a Brooklyn resident, Jessica is the Special Projects Coordinator at COOKFOX Architects and a LEED Accred… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
With summer behind us, New York City has tightened its stance against commercial entities leaving their front doors open to the sidewalk while providing air conditioning to the space inside… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
As we wade deeper into the century more eyes are turning to changes that continue to appear around us in the biosphere. Increased focus combined with more powerful tools have allowed us to s… Read More
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