Coming Up May 2014
Solar Decathlon Europe 2014: Twenty collegiate/university teams compete June 28-July 14 for the coveted top award, building houses entirely powered by the sun! We’ll introduce you to the Appalachian State […]
Category Archives: Architecture
Save These Dates! May/June ’14
If you are traveling — or want a reason to — here’s an array of conferences, happenings, and online events in architecture, design, green business, science, community development and more. […]
Earth Week Heroes 2014: Shigeru Ban Humanitarian Architect
Tokyo-born Shigeru Ban is a talented, globe-trotting architect, who designs dwellings of elegance and simplicity and notable public commissions (Pompidou Centre-Metz France). But that’s not why he was internationally recognized […]
Save These Dates! Great events
If you are traveling — or want a reason to — here’s an array of conferences, events and stimulating happenings on architecture, design, green business, science and more. April 18-26 11th […]
Green Museums: Intro to Parts I-III (2014)
Green like you’ve never seen Pittsburgh is a great place to debut the new Green Museums series, with stories and best green practices from a spectrum of botanic gardens, museums, history […]
Cities: Sydney, Shenzhen, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Philadelphia & more
There’s no denying that urban spaces – cities worldwide – are trending big-time, with an abundance of people on the move and plenty of challenges. In 2014, we’ll be presenting […]
Exhibitions Europe: Berlin, Paris, Milan, London
Museum exhibitions in Europe — posted as a running calendar, with items added regularly. Below are listings in art, design, architecture and photography. AMSTERDAM Begins Sept 24: Discovery! Van Gogh’s recently confirmed […]
U.S. Solar Decathlon: The Winner Is…
For the 19 collegiate teams in the 2013 U.S. Solar Decathlon — the waiting is over! Proving that the Solar Decathlon has become a world competition, Team Austria and the […]
Green Museums: Part 2 Pittsburgh’s Innovators
In Part 2 of the Green Museums series, we feature a half-dozen Pittsburgh museums that are embedding green values and practices in how they operate and, as a result, are […]
Solar Decathlon China: The winner is…
China’s first-ever Solar Decathlon is over – with an Australian team named the winner on August 12 and two other closely ranked competitors (teams in China and Sweden) placing second […]
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