Continuing Education: Net-Zero Retrofits Katharine Logan March 1, 2025 No Comments A focus on emissions rather than energy efficiency is making carbon-free retrofits possible.Read More
Sustainability in Practice The Tallest Tower in Boston’s Financial District Moves the Energy Performance Needle Boston Joann Gonchar, FAIA April 2, 2024 One Comment The 691-foot-tall Winthrop Center, by Millennium Partners and Handel Architects, also contains the world's largest Passive House office space.Read More
Sustainability in Practice A Luminous Lab at Ohio State Models Renewable Energy Strategies Wanda Lau April 1, 2024 One Comment Smith-Miller+Hawkinson Architects' "living lab" incorporates a striking photovoltaic canopy and pioneering direct current systems.Read More
Sustainability in Practice NASA's Hyper-Functional Research Laboratory Balances Form and Efficiency Cleveland Katharine Logan April 1, 2024 No Comments Ross Barney Architects juggles ambitious environmental goals and stringent technical requirements for a NASA facility.Read More
Mario Cucinella Architects Transforms a Military Barracks into a State-of-the-Art Campus Aosta, Italy Leopoldo Villardi November 1, 2023 No Comments University of Valle d'Aosta's nearly net-zero classroom building, inspired by glacial forms, will open its doors to students in 2024.Read More
Lincoln School Honors a Massachusetts Town’s Modernist Past and its Net-Zero Future Lincoln, Massachusetts A. Krista Sykes August 28, 2023 No Comments Located outside of Boston, the new K–8 school and community center melds multiple existing buildings into a cohesive whole.Read More
Riccardo Mariano Plans a Net-Positive Pavilion in Houston Aaron Smolar July 18, 2023 No Comments Taking the form of a monumental steel canopy, the work will accommodate performances and serve as a gateway to the city’s Second Ward.Read More
Continuing Education: Decarbonizing Concrete—The Ubiquitous Material Gets a Climate Friendly Makeover Joann Gonchar, FAIA May 1, 2023 No Comments The design and construction industry chips away at concrete’s outsize environmental footprint.Read More
Continuing Education: Architects Zero in on Zero to Define Building Performance Justin R. Wolf April 3, 2023 No Comments The industry grapples with the lack of consistent terminology for sustainability.Read More
ZGF's Mass-Timber Design Wins Competition for Research Hub in Barcelona Matt Hickman January 13, 2023 One Comment Adjacent to one of the Catalan capital’s most fabled parks, the winning design promotes a "radical degree" of collaboration between two leading scientific institutions.Read More