Photo © Michael Mathers
In our newest Web-only feature, GreenSource explores innovative solutions to the challenges presented by designing for sustainability. This month, we profile a Portland, Oregon, firm’s solution for getting a church’s underground parking structure into the green spirit.
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Alamo Architects and O’Neill Conrad Oppelt Architects worked together to reclaim a dilapidated site in San Antonio’s SoFlo neighborhood as a new home for both firms. In all, SoFlo Office Studios retains 87 percent of the existing buildings’ structures and shells.
Photo © Nic Lehoux
Designed by Beauchamp-Bourbeau Architects and ABCP Architecture & Urbanisme with Busby Perkins+Will as lead designer, the Normand Maurice Building has introduced green principals to Montreal, Quebec, in a manner that is as unpretentious as its contextual architecture.
Photo © David Wakely, courtesy of Smithgroup
Thanks to SmithGroup’s design, the Minneapolis offices of Bowman and Brooke LLP are not somber, ponderous, dark, heavy, or walnut-paneled. The law firm’s LEED-CI Certified space draws daylight into corridors and workspaces anchored by an open-riser stair.
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The most immediate challenge Zimmer Gunsul Frasca (ZGF) Architects faced while deigning the EPA Headquarters in Denver was meeting the agency’s space requirements while following federal security protocols. The firm’s solution includes an 8th-floor green roof and a central atrium.
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© David Wakely, courtesy of Smithgroup
Case Studies: We look at four projects that feature creative, efficient ways of incorporating daylight into structures, including a civic building in Montreal, a Chicago cultural institution, a San Antonio architecture studio, law offices in Minneapolis, and an EPA headquarters in Denver.
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Courtesy McDonough + Partners
Verdant Surfaces: September’s technology section looks at several types of green roofs and walls, examining the challenges and benefits of “greening” dense urban locations.
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Courtesy Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Recent Stories: This month we examine both presidential candidates’ stances on the environment, fallout from drought in Australia, and new designs for rail depots.
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Courtesy Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lifetime Achievement: John Todd has advocated sustainable design for over 40 years. He recently won the inaugural Buckminster Fuller Challenge for his proposal Comprehensive Design for a Carbon Neutral World.
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PureWood chemical-free preserved wood
Green Roundup:
We feature a diverse mix of products, including natural-fiber window coverings, zero-VOC acrylic paint, low-flow showerheads, a combined thermal and photovoltaic solar collector, a non-chemical water-treatment system, and more.
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Courtesy Jenna M. McKnight GreenSource presents our collection of videos designed to inspire, inform, and entertain. We tour important projects, explore ecologically attuned features, and speak with the people behind noteworthy green design solutions.
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Earn Continuing Education Credits:
In this month’s CE feature, read about green roofs and walls, and then take a related online test to earn valuable health, safety, and welfare credits.
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