Bohlin Cywinski Jackson associate Patricia Culley describes the rigors of designing Pittsburgh’s Frick Environmental Center to meet the highest green-building standards: LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge Certification.
Design junkies could soon get their hands on a reissue of Italian designer Fortunato Depero’s 1927 Futurist cult classic, Depero Futurista—widely known as “The Bolted Book.”
The award-winning architect, who was born in the West African country, has proposed a dramatic new capitol to replace the former one destroyed during a 2014 revolt.
In late 2014, citizens of Burkina Faso revolted against the country’s dictatorial leader, President Blaise Compaoré, and set fire to the parliament house, leaving it a charred ruin in the capital city of Ouagadougou.
“Designing sustainably and designing resiliently is not just more homework for architects and engineers,” said Bjarke Ingels at the closing plenary of Greenbuild 2016 Friday afternoon.
Two of New York City’s most overburdened transportation facilities— Pennsylvania Station and the Port Authority Bus Terminal, which together serve nearly a million passengers a day —could be dramatically upgraded or replaced if proposals developed by architectsand recently made public are adopted.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) has announced a new platform, called arc, intended to measure building performance and track incremental improvements as projects move toward LEED certification.