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Paolo Soleri, the architect and theorist who devised his own sustainable ideology in "Arcology" and tested many of its ideas in Arcosanti, has died at 93.
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The AIA has opened voting for the person who will join Stephen Chung, AIA, as the co-host of 'ARCHITECT Live' at the 2013 AIA National Convention in Denver this June.
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Bjarke Ingels Group To Design LEGO Brand House
The Bjarke Ingels Group will design a museum for LEGO in the company's historic home in Denmark.
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In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama hinted at new initiatives to improve residential and commercial building energy efficiency. One administration initiative—Advancing Healthy Housing—applies the White House's approach to infrastructure to everyday homes.
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A total of 28 projects received 2013 AIA Honor Awards in categories of architecture, interiors, and urban design and regional planning. A few of these also deserve special recognition for showcasing sustainability in design.
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Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects won the AIA's highest honor for an architecture firm, a prize commending their often spiritual, always textural works, which include the recently relocated Barnes Foundation museum in Philadelphia.
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During the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, the U.S. Green Building Council announced a $3 million grant from Google meant to make indoor environments healthier.
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Three mayors representing the southwest, midwest, and coastal southeast talk about how local government is placed best to create sustainable policy.
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The team of Olin landscape architects, Fisher Marantz Stone, Ballinger, and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects delivered a LEED Platinum–certified building for the Barnes Foundation.
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A new property-tax incentive for green building passed in New York shows how states with strong central governments can adopt no-risk incentives for sustainable development during a slow recovery.