Tag Archives: green

Lightcatcher Building

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Sean

Small cities deserve well-designed civic buildings and museums. This is one, designed by the accomplished Seattle firm Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects (soon to be renamed Olson  Kundig Architects), whose body of work is well known throughout the Pacific Northwest … Continue reading →

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House of the Week: Consorzio Vini Tipici di San Marino

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Sean

OK, so it’s not really a house, but perhaps a really good house wine. Every once in a while you find a very intriguing use of technology in architecture schools. Lately, the amount of good work has been not scarce. … Continue reading →

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Seattle Ecotect User Group

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Sean

I and 50 other architects, designers, engineers, consultants and construction professionals just attended the inaugural meeting of the newly formed Seattle Ecotect® User Group. This meeting, sponsored by IMAGINiT and Callison Architecture was held at the Seattle offices of Skanska. … Continue reading →

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zHome

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Sean

Recently, I attended a presentation by Brad Liljequist, the project manager for the zHome project. His talk, part of the Sustainable Connections series of conferences in Bellingham, WA, was a very interesting discovery showcasing the efforts of a complex and … Continue reading →

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HOK GREEN BIM: Quick to the draw….

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Sean

Well, looks like I was beat to the punch. I did intend to write up this workflow as described in my previous post and I should have had that one near complete, when I noticed THIS on the HOK Green … Continue reading →

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CNET News.com: Sustainable Vision for Bay Area in 100 years

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Sean

Here’s a very interesting video showing firms competing to envision what cramped cities may look like in 100 years. Hurray, flying cars at last! I wonder what will be powering everything though. As part of the History Channel’s Future Cities … Continue reading →

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