Continuing Education: Newhouse Replacement Building Olympia, Washington Joann Gonchar, FAIA March 6, 2026 No Comments Miller Hull creates a high-performing landmark for the storied capitol campus in Olympia, Washington.Read More
Sustainability in Practice Summer 2025 SOM Foregrounds Sustainability at a Multitasking County Office Building in Northern California Redwood City, California Clare Jacobson August 15, 2025 No Comments Located in Redwood City, 500 County Center is the first mass-timber civic building in the U.S. to achieve net zero energy.Read More
Sustainability in Practice Summer 2025 Herzog & de Meuron Designs a Timber-Framed Swiss Office Building with Ambitious Sustainability Goals Allschwil, Switzerland Andrew Ayers August 11, 2025 2 Comments For the net-zero emissions–aiming Hortus, the firm gamely takes on a new type of challenge (and mostly does away with carbon-intensive concrete in the process).Read More
Continuing Education: Sustainability in Practice – Summer 2025 August 1, 2025 No Comments This series covers wide-ranging strategies for a greener future, including projects by SOM, Herzog & de Meuron, and Lever Architecture.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 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