Designed by Höweler + Yoon Architecture, the 69,300-square-foot research and engagement hub aims to foster healthy dialogue and active citizenship. 

For this tranquil forest refuge, the architects worked from the inside out—configuring the house’s interiors according to views of nature, with the exterior form following suit.

British-born Freear joined the design-build program at Auburn University in 2000, and has made scalable, low-cost housing solutions for impoverished rural communities a primary focus.

The current director of Urban Planning at Columbia University’s GSAPP will assume the new role in July.