Buildings
Facades+ San Francisco
The symposium program includes three sessions covering issues unique to the region, including innovative building skins, high performance facades, and the future face of San Francisco. …
Historic Preservation
Buildings
100% Natural Ventilation at Harvard’s HouseZero
A pre-1940s-residential building situated in Harvard University’s campus is being renovated to inspire others on how old and conservative design can be altered to create an ultra-efficient facility with ambitious performance targets. The building, which …
GreenLinks
Green Adaptive Reuse Project Trumps Demolition
Adelaide, Australia-based Woods Bagot & Tridente Architects were recently announced as the winners of the WAN Adaptive Reuse Award 2015 for their Tonsley Main Assembly Building and Pods mixed-use project in Clovelly Park, Australia. As …
Buildings
A Green and Healthy Urban Health Clinic
The LEED CI Gold-certified Tom Waddell Urban Health Clinic is a green renovation developed as a part of the overall sustainable development of the Kelly Cullen Community (KCC) located in the Tenderloin District of San …
GreenLinks
Hey World, Get Up and Green Up!
World Green Building Week is here! During the week of September 22-27 2014, Green Building Councils in countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and Middle East and North Africa and representing more than 27,000 …
Buildings
Sustainability Around the Bay
The 2014 AIA SF Design Awards Gala last month honored San Francisco Bay Area architecture firms for their work in creativity and bringing positive impact to the built environment. Four projects winning in the Energy + …
GreenLinks
2014 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Project Winners Announced
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) have just announced this week their selection of the 2014 Top Ten Green Projects, examples of sustainable architecture and ecological American design …
Buildings
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 …