July-August 2023 Table of Contents

BACK TO NATURE: A CASE FOR REWILDING
Architects in the Wild Rewilding Architects in the Wild

What could designing with a rewilding mindset mean for architects? Read more

A Guide to Rewilding Rewilding A Guide to Rewilding

Solving for the climate crisis and the accompanying biodiversity crisis can and should go hand in hand, writes MASS Design Group senior principal and managing director Sierra Bainbridge. Read more

Q&A: Researcher Angela Loder on Rewilding, Human Health, and the Built Environment Rewilding Q&A: Researcher Angela Loder on Rewilding, Human Health, and the Built Environment

The author and vice president of research at the WELL Building Institute in New York discusses the effects rewilding can have on business and productivity, well-being, and natural ecosystems, and how architects can design spaces with humans, flora, and fauna in mind. Read more

Five Products That Put Animals Front and Center Products Five Products That Put Animals Front and Center

These rewilding-friendly wares include items from Skyline Design, Vestre, and more. Read more

Five Projects That Showcase Rewilding in Action Rewilding Five Projects That Showcase Rewilding in Action

Explore a habitat-supporting façade, a pavilion that offers shelter for non-human species, and more projects exemplifying ecosystem restoration. Read more

TECH + PRACTICE
Next Progressives: Shin Shin Architecture Next Progressives Next Progressives: Shin Shin Architecture

This Los Angeles– and Detroit-based firm addresses "issues of transparency and value in the profession and strive[s] to nurture equitable client, employee, and peer relationships underlined by integrity and discipline." Read more

Carbon Positive: Land Use and Carbon Carbon Positive Carbon Positive: Land Use and Carbon

Kira Gould talks with SOM's Yasemin Kologlu and Ellen Lou about the firm's Urban Sequoia and Square Mile Carbon Study projects. Read more

Spring/Summer 2023 Product Call Highlights Products Spring/Summer 2023 Product Call Highlights

From Cosentino carbon-neutral stone to a new seating collection by HBF and Alda Ly Architecture, see which innovations made the cut. Read more

The Ecology School, by Kaplan Thompson Architects, Briburn, and Simons Architects Education Project The Ecology School, by Kaplan Thompson Architects, Briburn, and Simons Architects

Nearly 15,300 square feet of energy-invisible living, eating, and educational-support spaces in Maine. Read more

EDITORIAL
Architecture and Climate Philanthropy Editorial Architecture and Climate Philanthropy

ARCHITECT editor-in-chief Paul Makovsky discusses what architecture organizations, foundations, and professionals are doing to help fight climate change. Read more

AIA ARCHITECT
Repaving the Road to Licensure AIA Voices Repaving the Road to Licensure

Removing unnecessary barriers for a more equitable profession. Read more

ADUs and Rental Units Continue to Increase in Popularity AIA Now ADUs and Rental Units Continue to Increase in Popularity

Meanwhile, the popularity of finished basements and attics is decreasing. Read more

How Missing Middle Housing Creates More Vibrant Neighborhoods AIA Feature How Missing Middle Housing Creates More Vibrant Neighborhoods

Higher-density housing may be the key to increasingly dynamic and varied neighborhoods. Read more

Valley Pearls: Designing Sustainably in Suburbia AIA Future Valley Pearls: Designing Sustainably in Suburbia

Five new buildings in California’s Warner Center seek to change the character of the neighborhood. Read more

Home Innovation AIA Perspective Home Innovation

Architects are best suited to offer solutions to address affordable housing. Read more

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