"The members of 7group and Bill Reed are examples writ large of the kind of leadership that is taking this idea of green building and forming it into reality, by helping change minds, building ...

If the first 10 percent of design effort accounts for 90 percent of project success, how might that reality change the design effort? How does it change an owner’s expectations of how the team works ...

Design thinking offers hope and holds promise for designing significant change[1]. In a world fraught with misunderstanding and habitual polarization, innovation leading to a more humane world is ...

As a nationally-recognized recreational therapist, Caralie Fennessey ’20 MS (integrative design) has made a career out of guiding people to their physical and social goals. But when design obstacles ...

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ASHRAE 90.1, Energy Standard for Buildings, has served as a benchmark for both new and retrofit commercial building design for the last 35 years and continues to lead today’s sustainably minded ...

Recent studies note the lack of growth in productivity and innovation in the construction fields. Quickly falling behind other sectors, this stagnation often leads to projects that are over-budget or ...

Building performance is a hallmark of architecture in the 21st century. With buildings and the construction industry being significant contributors to carbon emissions, designers must do everything to ...

Have you ever thought about how and why something was designed? Who was considered a “stakeholder” for the design? And what biases are baked within the process of designing something? These are some ...

Design thinking offers hope and holds promise for designing significant change[1]. In a world fraught with misunderstanding and habitual polarization, innovation leading to a more humane world is ...