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Juvenile Detention Home Revived As Green Home for Veterans
The historic landmark at 150 Otis Street in San Francisco, California has seen much in its lifetime. It was designed by architect Louis Mullgardt and built in 1916 as the City’s Juvenile Court and Detention Home. Throughout the years, it has served as an office for the City’s Department of Human Services, a storage space,…
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Build It Green’s Latest Green Product Directory
Build It Green has recently updated its online Green Product Directory, sharing the results from its research of thousands of building products. The easy-to-navigate Directory includes definitions, resources, selected recommendations of green products, and GreenPointers–practical advice on how to renovate or build green with green design strategies and products. Go to http://greenpointrated.com/products/ to access the…
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a.gor.a architects Win World Architecture Community Award
We recently featured Thailand-based architecture firm a.gor.a architects and its eco-friendly project, the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot, Thailand. The firm has garnered much recognition lately and we would like to congratulate the team: Jan, Line, and Albert. It is one of the 19 winners of the 20+10X World Architecture Community Awards 14th Cycle…
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Insights from Architect Chuck Davis, FAIA
Online education provider, aecKnowledge, presents a video on Mr. Chuck Davis, FAIA, the youngest of the founding partners of EHDD, a fabled San Francisco Bay Area architecture firm with a distinguished international reputation. At age 78, he remains a partner in the firm, guiding a new generation of leaders. In this remarkably candid interview, curated by…
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Net Zero Energy Through Design and Operation Strategies
On October 15th, the Packard Foundation announced that it had “achieved the goal of operating its headquarters building at net zero energy by generating more than enough electricity to meet is needs during the first full year of occupancy.” It is the largest building to-date to receive Net Zero Energy Building Certification through the International Living…
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The Packard Foundation’s Headquarters Is a Conservation Success
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to take a private tour of The David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s newly built headquarters. It’s an elegant, well designed, and very green office building located in downtown Los Altos, California. It has an understated presence that respects its surrounding neighborhood and provides a strong anchor for the…
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Building Dormitories With Local, Recycled Timber and Renewable Bamboo in Thailand
The armed conflict that has persisted for decades in the Karen State of Myanmar results in a daily flow of refugees and immigrants to neighbouring Thailand. In the Thai town of Mae Sot, a few kilometres from the Burmese border, numerous schools and orphanages offer accommodation and education for the refugees and immigrants. One of…
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Don Hisaka, FAIA: Architect, Mentor, and Friend
Earlier this year, an architect very dear to my heart peacefully passed away at his home in Berkeley, California. The late Don M. Hisaka, a world renowned architect, was my professor at UC Berkeley, a former boss, a long-time mentor, and a friend who taught me many things about life. During the twenty plus years…
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Wind Turbines Ride the Wave to Renewable Energy Future
Editor’s Foreword: Earlier this year, the first full-scale prototype of a revolutionary floating support structure for offshore wind turbines made its debut off the coast of Aguçadoura, Portugal. It was inaugurated and celebrated by Portuguese government officials, clean-tech investors, and its engineers and builders. Each floating support structure, known as the WindFloat*, is a three-column…
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Greenbuild 2012 Call for Volunteers
Greenbuild has always been one of my favorite conferences dedicated to green building. Greenbuild 2012 will be held in San Francisco, California at the Moscone Center this year from November 14-16. The USGBC will offer free conference attendance to volunteers who complete 8-hours of volunteer time during the conference. Volunteers must be a full-time student…
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Ecobuild, What Happened to Green Innovation?
I only attended the last two days of Ecobuild in London this year. On the first day there, I was fully absorbed in finding the booths that shouted “this is the Landscape Architecture section,” never really bothering to slow down and take a look around. I found very few booths representing the field of landscape…
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Green California Summit 2012
It’s not too late to register online! The Green California Summit and Exposition will take place at the Sacramento Convention Center in California from April 26th to the 27th. The Keynote, the Expo, and the Green Leadership Awards Reception are free to all registrants. Speakers include Kevin Johnson (Go Bears!), the Mayor of the City…