Sustainability and Architecture | Architectural Record

Climate Policy That Aims to Make It Right

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

June 1, 2022

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Federal and local governments take on carbon emissions and a long legacy of racial and social inequities.

June 2022 Editor's Letter: The Climate Crisis Meets Social Justice

Cathleen McGuigan

May 31, 2022

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Two complicated movements intertwine, locally and globally, with shared goals essential to saving the earth.

Elkus Manfredi & Offshoots Design a Verdant Bike Park and Future Community Center in Boston

Boston

Ilana Herzig

May 9, 2022

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The tilted green space atop a bike hub encourages sustainable commuting, mitigates air pollution, and establishes a focal point for an emerging mixed-use campus.

The Renewables Gambit: Putin Loses, the West Unites, and the Gambit Pays Off

Edward Mazria, FAIA

April 28, 2022

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Pundits calling for increased fossil fuel production underestimate the rapid growth of renewable energy and its potential to undermine the geopolitical power of petrostates like Russia.

Rambla Climate House by Andrés Jaque and Miguel Mesa del Castillo Clavel

Molina de Segura, Murcia, Spain

Andrew Ayers

April 26, 2022

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Architects Andrés Jaque and Miguel Mesa del Castillo Clavel create a manifesto in Southern Spain.

On Earth Day, AIA Honors Ten Projects Addressing Climate Change

The annual COTE awards recognize achievements in sustainability

Izzy Kornblatt

April 22, 2022

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This year's honorees range from a public works building in Iowa City to the Louisiana Children's Museum in New Orleans to a new school and library complex in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

April 2022 Editor's Letter: Ukraine, Climate Change, and The 2022 Pritzker Prize

A bright spot in gloomy times comes from the world of architecture

Cathleen McGuigan

April 4, 2022

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It is April at last, and, though life and work are returning to a new kind of normal after two years of Covid, other enormous troubles loom.

Continuing Education: Architecture Firms, Clients, and Climate

Katharine Logan

April 1, 2022

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How to talk to clients about ambitious environmental targets and get their buy-in.

Grim Climate Report Calls for Drastic, Immediate Action

Effects of climate crisis already felt by billions globally, report says

Izzy Kornblatt

March 1, 2022

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The impact of global warming has already been felt by billions of people around the globe, according to an alarming new report from the IPCC.

Continuing Education: The Big Carbon Drawdown and Negative Emissions

Will removing carbon from the atmosphere save us? And will buildings play a role?

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

March 1, 2022

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Many scientists say that mitigation alone will not be sufficient to avert the worst effects of global warming. Take the quiz to earn AIA continuing education learning units.