Case Studies Green Building

Spanning Venice’s Grand Canal, the Rialto Bridge stands any test of time. Built by the 16th-century architect and engineer, Antonio da Ponte, its two stone ramps rise drawbridge-like from each bank, connecting to a central portico in the middle with arched windows looking out at the historic city. Critics’ predictions of structural collapse proved, to […]

Founded in 1981 by two people of faith, Regency Lighting has always had a higher calling. Headquartered in Chatsworth, California, Regency distributes brand-name products such as Philips Lighting, Osram Sylvania and many other best-in-class lighting manufacturers. It also provides commercial lighting maintenance, design, construction, retrofits, replacement products and recycling. But all the while, Regency Lighting […]

In his book “Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology,” David Abram explores the idea of human entanglement with nature—the idea that we are not, as we often seem to assume, separate from the world around us. “Many long-standing and lousy habits have enabled our callous treatment of surrounding nature, empowering us to clear-cut, dam up, mine, […]

In the heart of sunny Kissimmee, Florida, Lugano Apartments may represent the future of high-end living for those seeking a community full of indoor and outdoor amenities with all the privacy necessary for hosting friends and family. Lugano is made up of four, four-story buildings and one three-story building. Also part of the complex are […]

In 2015, Brownell Electric Corporation was hired as the electrical contractor for Glens Falls Hospital’s new parking lot. At the time, the electric contractor’s only job on the three-week, $5 million construction project was to upgrade the outdoor lighting system. But when the general contractor suddenly backed out, the hospital immediately asked if Brownell Electric […]

When Kessler Construction LLC broke ground in March 2016 for an exclusive subdivision just a couple of miles from the traffic beltway that encircles the hustle and bustle of Tallahassee, Florida, the foundation was laid for much more than just another neighborhood of upscale, custom houses. The Southern Oaks project marked the start of Leon […]

When the city of Pasadena, California, or one of the nearby communities, tinkers with its zoning code or elects a new Planning Commission, principals Rob Tyler and Javier Gonzalez pay attention. The firm they co-founded more than 30 years ago, Tyler Gonzalez Architects, has a vested interest in reading the pulse of the community. Much […]

Alexis Peck knows that with tighter budgets, shorter timelines and the occasional political situation to weather over, nothing in government projects is ever set in stone. As vice president of design for Peck Peck & Associates (PP&A), an architecture firm based in Woodbridge, Virginia, she has seen budgets and schedules change overnight with the signing […]

Institutional clients like schools and healthcare providers are increasingly willing to invest long term, both with the incorporation of renewable energy and sustainable design. That makes them ideal clients for architecture firms like NK Architects. NK Architects is a full-service architecture, interior design, planning and structural engineering firm based in Morristown, New Jersey. It works […]

John Harlan, president of The Harlan Company, wasn’t planning on making a green building—or rather, the greenest building. But in 2015, he and others at the company learned about a private school in Missouri that needed a remotely located classroom built to the highest environmental standards set by the Living Building Challenge (LBC). The company […]