This year’s COP27 saw the scientific community agree that the planet is on track for a three degrees warmer world. Countries must do all they can to act on their commitments – the resounding message continues to be to take action now. Organisations, industries and nations must move beyond commitmentsContinue Reading
The house next door to mine was torn down. My neighbors don’t quite remember the year, but the resident local historian, Maurice, who has lived on the block since the late 60s, was shipped off to Vietnam and, upon his return in 1972, the house had vanished. The product ofContinue Reading
The world is coming together to reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, and all industries and sectors will need to contribute. The built environment is no exception. In fact, this setting—which refers to the full life cycle (design, materials manufacturing, construction, usage, andContinue Reading
Craig McKendrick, Business Development Manager at IES, discusses how Scottish councils are tackling climate change and sustainability in the built environment Energy management has been creeping up Scottish councils’ agendas for several years now. Climate change was an initial driver of this, but recently, the urgency for better energy managementContinue Reading
The global UN climate conference for 2022, COP 27, will convene in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from November 6-18. While the conference will seek to address the threat of climate change across the world, Egypt will use its presidency to draw attention to its effects in the Middle East andContinue Reading
Algorand’s mission to become the world’s most sustainable blockchain brought it to the limelight years back. This was a time when the blockchain industry was facing backlash from policymakers, environmentalists, and investors for its unfairly large carbon footprint. The high-profile team led by Turing Award-winning cryptographer Silvio Micali also builtContinue Reading
Pioneers of Architecture Criticism: 5 Women Who Are Shaping the Built Environment Through Words Playtime movie (Jaques Tati 1967) . Image via screenshot Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/990487/pioneers-of-architecture-criticism-5-women-who-are-shaping-the-built-environment-through-words Architecture criticism and journalism are often expected to announce “the good, the bad, and the ugly” in architectureContinue Reading
Freedomz/Adobe Stock When I first heard the term “user experience design,” I thought of architecture. After all, we spend up to 90% of our lives indoors, and the buildings and spaces we occupy leave an indelible mark on our existence. As Winston Churchill famously said, “We shape our buildings andContinue Reading
Design As Protest, “YOU ARE A(NTI)RACIST” exhibition, 2022. Glass Curtain Gallery Built to hold the design profession accountable to reverse the violence and injustice that architecture, design and urban planning practices have inflicted upon Black people and communities—especially those which have been historically oppressed or underrepresented—Design As Protest (DAP) believesContinue Reading
NORFOLK, Va. — As coastal cities wrestle with increasing threats from rising waters, a nonprofit’s costly new headquarters offers an answer that is both defiant and prescient. The Elizabeth River Project’s $8.1 million headquarters on a flood plain destined to be submerged in the coming decades as tides rise andContinue Reading
