“I’m taking the entire crew to the renaissance fair.”
Flux Design cofounder Jeremy Shamrowicz has more than a few ideas on how to inspire a diverse design team. They may or may not involve scooters, George Lucas, and Frodo Baggins. More
Transforming a Tumbledown Tavern
Using his own “unique alchemy,” Randy Hafer takes a discarded saloon and makes it into a wholly reclaimed, net-zero studio space for his Montana firm, High Plains Architects More
A Firm Foundation (of Existing Buildings)
It’s not unusual for a university to set green-building standards, but Western Michigan University is forging a unique path in its pursuit of LEED certification for its existing building stock More
Lighting an American Landmark
Randy Sabedra details RS Lighting Design’s strategy for New York City’s iconic Alexander Hamilton US Custom House. Key components? A European approach and the latest technology. More
How to Define (Campus) Life
Informed by past campus-residential work, Mogavero Notestine Associates uses the concept of ‘clusters’ to reimagine college life at UC-Davis’s Tercero Residence Hall More
West Coast Energy Icon
Christiani Johnson Architects and Gerding Edlen unveil their highly sustainable mixed-used development 1285 Sutter Street, a project predicted to make headlines even in eco-friendly San Francisco More
The Parish’s New Purpose
Community Three Development transforms an Episcopal church built in 1908 into modern residences with historical elements but today’s best energy-saving features More
RFM Office & Studio
For its new LEED Platinum headquarters, Rice Fergus Miller transforms a long-vacant automotive-service store in Bremerton, WA, into a “screaming example of energy efficiency” More
Designing for Future Economies
Showcasing two of its most recent LEED Gold projects, Neumann/Smith Architecture makes the case for energy efficiency, resource conservation, and dynamic design More
“We try to design things that are indigenous to their locales.”
How many hospitality projects does a designer have to lead to make them an expert? If it’s less than 400, Buddy McDowell is a shoe-in. Here he talks about his latest work. More