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Joann Gonchar, FAIA

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

Joann Gonchar, FAIA, LEED AP, is deputy editor at Architectural Record. She joined RECORD in 2006, after working for eight years at its sister publication, Engineering News-Record. Before starting her career as a journalist, Joann worked for several architecture firms and spent three years in Kobe, Japan, with the firm Team Zoo, Atelier Iruka. She earned a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University. She is licensed to practice architecture in New York State.

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New Startup Aims to Upend Housing Design and Construction

Joann Gonchar
Joann Gonchar, FAIA
July 29, 2022
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Designed in collaboration with Ennead Architects, Juno’s first apartment building heads toward completion in Austin.


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REBUS Facade Retrofit.

Climate-Smart Shelter

Housing Case Studies
Joann Gonchar
Joann Gonchar, FAIA
Pansy Schulman
June 1, 2022
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RECORD looks at housing that addresses global warming and occupant well-being.
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Wind Turbines.

Climate Policy That Aims to Make It Right

Joann Gonchar
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.
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Studio Gang’s Gilder Center Materializes at the American Museum of Natural History

A canyon-like atrium built of shotcrete highlights the long-awaited expansion
Joann Gonchar
Joann Gonchar, FAIA
March 29, 2022
3 Comments

The $431-million project will reshape how visitors experience the famed Manhattan museum.


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Transparency Links Town and Gown at Columbia’s New Business School

Diller Scofidio + Renfro and FXCollaborative debut a pair of sibling structures
Joann Gonchar
Joann Gonchar, FAIA
March 2, 2022
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro and FXCollaborative add a pair of sibling structures to the Ivy League institution’s Manhattanville campus.
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Middle East Airport.

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
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.


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A New Coalition Takes Aim at Emissions from Existing Buildings

At the U.S. Conference of Mayors, President Biden launches a partnership to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment
Joann Gonchar
Joann Gonchar, FAIA
January 31, 2022
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The White House launches a collaboration with states and cities targeting the environmental impact of buildings.


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Continuing Education: Climate Adaptation

Joann Gonchar
Joann Gonchar, FAIA
January 1, 2022
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Designers create learning environments that respond to the threats of a warming planet.
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New York Phases Out Fossil Fuels in New Construction

Joann Gonchar
Joann Gonchar, FAIA
December 22, 2021
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The nation’s largest city takes aim at carbon emissions by mandating that buildings go all-electric.


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Kunsthaus Zürich

Cultural Buildings 2021

Joann Gonchar
Joann Gonchar, FAIA
December 1, 2021
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These buildings for the arts thoughtfully consider their surroundings while advancing the missions of the institutions they house.
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