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 Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 10:47 pm Post subject: Green Wednesday 2007.0523 |
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Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,
Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you weekly green design and building news from around the world.
This week sees massive coverage of green in the New York Times, and again Al Gore weighs in significantly:
"The central challenge," [Gore said to the Times reporter], "is to expand the limits of what’s now considered politically possible. The outer boundary of what’s considered plausible today still falls far short of the near boundary of what would actually solve the crisis."
Al Gore Has Big Plans - New York Times, 2007.0520
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20wwln-gore-t.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=slogin
Other articles in the Times special coverage:
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An Eco-House for the Future - New York Times, 2007.0520
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20scofidio1.html?ref=magazine
The Road to Curitiba - New York Times, 2007.0520
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20Curitiba-t.html?ref=magazine
The Accidental Environmentalist - New York Times, 2007.0520
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20shigeru-t.html?em&ex=1179806400&en=38df1b95aca7c4e7&ei=5087%0A
The Zero-Energy Solution - New York Times, 2007.0520
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20solar-t.html?ref=magazine
The Native Builder - New York Times, 2007.0520
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20murcutt-t.html?ref=magazine
Why Are They Greener Than We Are? - New York Times, 2007.0520
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20europe-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin
Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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One-Sixth of Europe's Mammals Face Extinction - Nature, 2007.0522
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070521/full/070521-4.html
China Says Environment Losing Out to Development - Reuters, 2007.0522
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSPEK33403220070522
World Growth Spurs Faster Climate Change - The Star (Malaysia), 2007.0522
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/5/22/worldupdates/2007-05-22T103552Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-299367-1&sec=Worldupdates
A Leed of Faith - Canadian Architect, 2007.0522
http://www.canadianarchitect.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?story_id=23574152112&issue=05012007&PC=
The Late Spring of American Green Architecture - Wired, 2007.0521
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/05/the_late_spring.html
Three Gorges Dam Is Hurting River, Study Finds - MSNBC, 2007.0521
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18782789/
Urban Rebirth - Philadelphia Inquirer, 2007.0521
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20070521_Editorial___Urban_Rebirth.html
Australian Foreign Minister Says Carbon Trading Unlikely Soon - International Herald Tribune, 2007.0521
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/21/asia/AS-GEN-Australia-APEC-Carbon-Trading.php
'Off-Grid' Community Runs on Solar, Wind - MSNBC, 2007.0521
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18744225/
Mud Flooring Is Latest in Natural Building Movement - Chicago Tribune, 2007.0520
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/nearwest/chi-mudfloorsmay20,1,7300239.story?coll=chi-newslocalnearwest-hed
Badly Built New Homes 'Threaten Green Plans' - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0520
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2084053,00.html
Renewable Energy: The Tide Turns - Independent Digital, 2007.0520
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2562753.ece
Architect Daniel Smith: The Strength in Straw - World Changing (blog), 2007.0519
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/006724.html
Eco-Towns Are Sign of Political Environment - Financial Times, 2007.0519
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7a4abb6e-05a6-11dc-b151-000b5df10621.html
Kelly to Announce Green Overhaul of Planning Rules - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0519
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2083422,00.html
Passive Energizes - Toronto Star, 2007.0519
http://www.thestar.com/Athome/article/214807
Canadian Appointed Chair of World Green Building Council - Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 2007.0518
http://dcnonl.com/article/20070518600
Southern Ocean Saturated with CO2 - TVNZ, 2007.0518
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/1128744
A Home That Heats and Cools Itself - New York Times, 2007.0517
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/technology/circuits.html
Climate Change Creating New Refugees - Boston Globe, 2007.0517
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/05/17/climate_change_creating_new_refugees/
China Begins Expanding Its Supertanker Fleet - International Herald Tribune, 2007.0516
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/16/business/tanker.php
HOK Straw Bale - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0516
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0516/environment_1-1.html
For over a decade, straw-bale construction has been
growing in popularity among "alternative" house builders.
The durable, low-cost, nontoxic, highly insulating,
pest-resistant, and potentially structural material is
especially practical in hot arid climates. It was used
extensively in the treeless grasslands of the U.S.
Midwest early in the 20th century.
COTE Top Ten 2007 - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0516
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0516/index.html
The AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) has announced
its annual selection of "Top Ten Green Projects" -
exemplars of sustainable architecture in the United
States. Since the program's inception in 1997, these
awards are becoming increasingly competitive.
Modular Homes the Next Wave Way of Green Building - St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2007.0516
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/C416076B5B3E8C1F862572DD000C601B?OpenDocument
Product News - TimberTech(R) FenceScape(TM) low-maintenance fencing
http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0516/products_update.html
People and Places This Week - New York, St. Louis, Charlottesville,
New Orleans, Chicago, Monterrey, Waltham, Pittsburgh:
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0516/people_and_places.html
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http://jobs.ArchitectureWeek.com/
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This Week's Quiz -
The Danziger Studio (1965) in Hollywood, California is a
modern and simple artist's studio and residence
consisting of linked cubes. This is an early work by a
designer who has since become famous for decidedly
un-cubic architecture. Who is this architect?
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0516/quiz.html
Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
In a wide concert hall with high ceilings, the center of
the orchestra section often has good sight lines but poor
acoustics. In fact, if you don’t mind using binoculars,
you may get better sound in the back balcony. Why is this
so and how can it be fixed?
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0516/answer.html
Classic Home 074 - Straw Bale House, by Arkin Tilt Architects.
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0516/classic_home.html
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