Continuing Education: Spaces for Design Joann Gonchar, FAIA April 7, 2025 No Comments Architects showcase their work and nurture collaboration in offices for themselves and their consultants.Read More
Building Technology In Switzerland, Boltshauser Architekten Brings Upscale Housing Down to Earth Zurich Andrew Ayers March 11, 2025 No Comments The seven-unit building combines recycled century-old clinker bricks with raw earth blocks molded from excavated site soil.Read More
Building Technology Studiomolter Gives a Second Life to a 1960s Housing Block with Solar Panel–Cladding and Addition Regensburg, Germany Matthew Marani March 9, 2025 No Comments The ambitious renovation replaces fiber reinforced concrete panels with recyclable aluminum and PV cladding, slashing energy use while providing affordable housing.Read More
Building Technology Michan Architecture Transforms a Mid-Century Apartment Building in Mexico City Mexico Michael Snyder March 7, 2025 No Comments A sculptural facade in raw concrete gives new expression to a 1950s-era Functionalist building in trendy La Condesa.Read More
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 Translucent Panels Sinuously Wrap FRPO’s Biomass Plant in Spain Palencia, Spain David Cohn February 10, 2025 No Comments Even industrial buildings should have architectural bravura, according to the Spanish startup that hired the 2012 Design Vanguard firm.Read More
Sustainability in Practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s Shenzhen Energy Ring Redefines Industrial Architecture in China Shenzhen, China Wanda Lau February 7, 2025 No Comments One of the world’s largest waste-to-energy plants is encircled by a distinctive permeable skin.Read More
Sustainability in Practice John Ochsendorf in Conversation with Guy Nordenson February 6, 2025 No Comments The Sustainabilty in Practice speaker talks to fellow structural engineer Guy Nordenson about building renewal and material reuse.Read More
Sustainability in Practice A Team of Architects Transforms a Greek Port City’s Dormant Tower Into a Sustainable Landmark Piraeus, Greece Phoebus Panigyrakis February 5, 2025 No Comments After five decades of disregard, the Piraeus Tower in skyscraper-averse Greece undergoes a refresh led by Pila Studio.Read More
Sustainability in Practice Bucholz McEvoy and ZAS Create a Mass-Timber Showcase for a Toronto Environmental Agency Toronto Joann Gonchar, FAIA February 3, 2025 No Comments A new home for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority embodies its mission through climate-conscious design.Read More