The Natural Capital Center: don’t call it an eco-mall by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 It’s an environmentalist’s shop/work center with a green roof, re-used building materials, more bike than car parking and tenants like …
o2NYC: corn cups & sustainable skyscrapers by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 In the late eighties, a group of European designers began to rebel against the throwaway culture questioning the design world …
The future of green architecture by faircompanies on May 21, 2009 Throughout history, homes were built to take advantage of sun, wind and water. The 20th Century: it was assumed that …
A garden-house proposal for the future: Green Box by Nicolás Boullosa on April 14, 2009 A garden-house proposal for the future: Green Box Green Box is, according to Spanish architect Luis de Garrido, one of …
El futur de l'arquitectura verda by Nicolás Boullosa on October 24, 2008 Al llarg de la història, les cases s’erigien per aprofitar sol, aire i aigua. Segle XX: s’assumí que els combustibles …
El futuro de la arquitectura verde y sostenible by Nicolás Boullosa on October 23, 2008 A lo largo de la historia, las casas se erigían para aprovechar sol, aire y agua. Siglo XX: se asumió …
Would you pay more for a sustainably designed home? by tdirksen on April 25, 2008 Was doing some quick research on triple bottome line and found an interesting article by Joel Makower,“The Confounding Complexities of …
The need for walkable, efficient communities (an example) by faircompanies on February 23, 2008 A neighborhood built to clean its own water and humble the car: a Seattle development is proving that more people …
Not all trees are created equal: an ode to cork by Kirsten Dirksen on February 18, 2008 What if you could harvest a wood product for flooring without killing a single tree and at the same time …
Sustainable development at MIT: not much this term by tdirksen on October 26, 2007 For those of you who don’t know, I have just started a Master of Science in Real Estate Development (MSRED) …
