A visit to a quarry reinforced my thinking that architecture cannot be sustainable unless it provides a meaningful experience for its users. Continue reading
Curating Place 2 – Reflections
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Category Archives: Education
Sustainable Building Needs New Language
The construction industry has a communication problem. We presently use completely different language from our clients when discussing the value and benefits of the property that we design and build. Continue reading
Saint Gobain Debate Final
This is it. The final arguments are up on the Saint Gobain Debate Site, along with guest comments from Jon Bootland. The voting is still neck and neck so please make up your own mind. I believe this debate has … Continue reading
Saint Gobain Debate Day 4
Yesterday should have seen the rebuttal statements published in Saint Gobain’s debate. However for some reason their site has not been updated, so for those of you who want to keep up, here is my second piece arguing for the … Continue reading
Lies, Damn Lies and Thermal Images
Last week someone took a thermal camera and tried to create a scandal over energy waste by the Big Six energy companies by falsifying thermal images. Agencies and newspapers didn’t even check with their science editors before publishing this rubbish. Continue reading