L.A. Fires, One Year Later Is the Passive House Standard the Answer? Joann Gonchar, FAIA January 8, 2026 One Comment Many Passive House proponents see the energy performance–based program and its strategies as having great potential for the rebuilding of L.A.’s devastated neighborhoods.Read More
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Continuing Education: Affordable Housing and Energy Performance Katharine Logan May 1, 2024 No Comments Three housing developments—in the Bronx, Bay Area, and Vancouver, B.C.—achieve lofty social and environmental goals on tight budgets.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
Record Houses 2023 In the Berkshires, EASTON COMBS Makes the Most of a Site's Above-the-Treetops Vistas Berkshire County, Massachusetts Laura Raskin April 3, 2023 No Comments A western Massachusetts house is designed around daylight, views, and the topography.Read More
Taking a Holistic Approach to Embodied Carbon Continuing Education Fred A. Bernstein October 10, 2022 3 Comments As awareness of the emissions associated with materials and construction grows, architects rethink meeting complex sustainable building standards.Read More
OHLAB’s Paseo Mallorca 15 Raises the Bar for City Living Palma de Mallorca, Spain Chris Foges October 3, 2022 No Comments Built to Passive House standards, this urban complex speaks to its context with an operable facade of slatted Spanish pine.Read More
Design Vanguard 2022: CO Adaptive New York James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus June 1, 2022 No Comments The Brooklyn-based firm CO Adaptive focuses exclusively on renovating existing structures, transforming many of them into Passive House buildings.Read More
Continuing Education: Zero Energy Houses Joann Gonchar, FAIA June 1, 2021 One Comment A trio of projects in different climates and settings offers insights for living with a smaller energy footprint.Read More
Woodside Building for Technology and Design at Monash University by Grimshaw Melbourne Josephine Minutillo November 2, 2020 No Comments A gigantic Passive House facility at Melbourne’s Monash University radically reduces energy consumption.Read More