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No Border School Project Empowered by Traditional Construction
Editor’s Foreward: Portuguese architects João Guimarães and Miguel Magalhães of Aware Collective have designed No Border School, a 208 square meter modular and sustainable school for Burmese refugee children in Mae Sot, Thailand. The project is awaiting funding and I hope they will be able to realize such a thoughtful project which could have a…
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The Ideal Home Show Tree House
Back in October 2013, Blue Forest, a UK-based tree house design and construction company, was approached by Quiet Mark to design and build an ambitious and extraordinary next-generation tree house as the central feature for London’s Ideal Home Show 2014. After a few months of design and planning, The Quiet Tree House by Quiet Mark…
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Women In Green is Still a Hot Topic
Editor’s Foreword: This article reports on the Book Circle’s February meeting hosted by the Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals (OWADP) based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The book featured and discussed was Women In Green, Voices of Sustainable Design. It’s not often that one has the chance to read a book, and…
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11th Annual Water Conservation Showcase in San Francisco
The What: The 11th Annual Water Conservation Showcase brings together designers, building professionals, decision makers, and community members to discuss the latest in water conservation strategies, technologies, policies, and resources. There will be in-depth presentations including several of them focusing on drought issues. There will be more than thirty representatives from the manufacturing sector Aquacell and…
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Highlights from Net Positive Energy and Water Conference
The 2014 Net Positive Energy and Water Conference took place this February in San Francisco, California. Organized by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), the conference brought together more than 350 passionate attendees concerned with making the world a healthier and more sustainable place to live. The conference started with an optional tour to two…
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Building Carbon Zero California 2014
The What: Passive House California’s (PHCA) annual conference, Building Carbon Zero California, will focus on how we can move California towards the carbon reduction goals mandated by the State of California while increasing the health and comfort of our built environment. There will be in-depth presentations given by experts and a specially curated selection of…
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BuildWell 2014 Gathers Change Agents for Greener, Healthier Building Materials
BuildWell 2014, a symposium on innovative materials for a greener planet will take place on March 19 – 22 at the LEED Gold-rated Cavallo Point in Sausalito, California. Organized by Ecological Building Network (EBNet), the BuildWell concept is to host a gathering that is intimate, high-level, and focused on the materials of architecture. Keynote speakers include…
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AEC and Tech Professionals to Converge at AEC Hackathon 1.1
The What: A hackathon is an intense event that brings together software developers, graphic designers, and user interface specialists along with industry process experts and professionals to identify issues and create software solutions, usually within a weekend. A first for the Architecture (A), Engineering (E), and Construction (C) Industry, the AEC Hackathon 1.1 is a…
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Women in Green, Voices of Sustainable Design
The Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals (OWADP) Book Circle will be hosting a book discussion on the various topics presented in the book titled Women in Green, Voices of Sustainable Design written by Kira Gould and Lance Hosey. Co-author Kira Gould, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, director of communications for William McDonough + Partners,…
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Historic YMCA Transformed Into Green Affordable Housing
One of the things I miss most from working at Citizens Housing is my weekly visits to our construction sites. I had the chance to witness buildings get built from the ground up and renovated into modern, seismically safe, and energy efficient buildings. You can imagine the excitement I had when I was invited to…
