While LEED certification itself promotes an exciting idea of sustainability in architecture, the process itself is a bit bureaucratic and a little dull at times. In an effort to really grab (and hold) people’s attention regarding sustainable architecture, A+D, the Architecture and Design Museum of Los Angeles, is hosting SOUPERgreen beginning February 12. The aim [...]
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On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude devastated the island nation of Haiti. The powerful quake collapsed over 250,000 residences, leaving roughly 1 million people homeless. The world itself shook with the impact of the relief effort. International aid agencies and private citizens responded with an outpouring of donations. The focus of the relief effort [...]
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