Sustainable Design Is More Than Bells and Whistles

Too often, green construction is about how smart a building's gadgets are. Instead, it...

project x architect: path architecture, portland. completion: 2010. brief: 78-space work/live business incubator recycled 95% of construction waste; on track for leed silver.

Portland, Ore.

Green architecture is practically the industry standard in Portland, where a mandate...

With LEED 2009, Architects and Owners Look at Siting, Energy and Water Use

Revised rating system stays close to earlier versions, but rewards sustainable siting...

 

Architectural Schools Guide

Architecture Schools Guide 2009

A new guide to inform (and demystify) the process of choosing an architecture school.


 
 

Pro Bono

students from philadelphia university designed and built an integrated ramp with a gentler slope, plus a handrail wall, enabling josh to move about his home with greater freedom and confidence.

Architecture Students Learn the True Meaning of Vitruvius' Utilitas

Freedom by Design, a five-year-old program run by the AIAS, challenges students to assist those who would benefit most from modest...


 
 
 

Business News

 

January Issue

January 2010

The 57th Annual P/A Awards, and more.

 

Product Spec Guide

Fall 2009: Sustainability

Yale Platinum, Welcome to Indianapolis, GGA's Greener Office, Raw Material: Western Red Cedar, and 32 green products.

 
 

Architect's Network

 
 

Sponsored Industry Center

 
 

New Products

the new slimtech arenaria tiles from lea ceramiche are made of lightweight porcelain stoneware laminate and measure only 3 millimeters thick.

Lea Ceramiche Slimtech Arenaria Tile

Lea Ceramiche's new Slimtech Arenaria porcelain tile is 3 milimeters thick and comes in four warm colors.


 
 
 

2009 R+D Awards

 
 

Annual Design Review

 
 
 

Architect TV

Green Building

Talking Green Building

Verified Green CEO Michael Anschel interviews sustainability and inegrative design consults Bill Reed and John Boecker about creating...