Indigenous Design and the Intelligence of Water
04.15.2026
An excerpt from Lo—TEK. Water. A Field Guide for TEKnology.
An excerpt from Lo—TEK. Water. A Field Guide for TEKnology.
Climate Change
How to Accelerate Carbon Neutrality Without Federal Support? Invest in Carbonsheds
08.13.2025
Cities are where we can make significant impacts, comparatively quickly, to help fight climate change.
Cities are where we can make significant impacts, comparatively quickly, to help fight climate change.
Confronting the Reality of Climate Displacement
07.14.2025
Planner Hillary Brown on how underpopulated areas across the U.S. could absorb population resettlements resulting from sea-level rise, flooding, wildfires, and extreme heat.
Planner Hillary Brown on how underpopulated areas across the U.S. could absorb population resettlements resulting from sea-level rise, flooding, wildfires, and extreme heat.
How Will the “Big Beautiful Bill” Affect Renewable Energy Efforts?
07.08.2025
It’s a mixed bag—with some potential upsides.
It’s a mixed bag—with some potential upsides.
Countdown to 2030: The Transformation of the Built Environment Can’t Be Derailed
01.24.2025
The AEC industry continues to confront our environmental challenges—never mind what the headlines might suggest.
The AEC industry continues to confront our environmental challenges—never mind what the headlines might suggest.
Turning Point: The Three Climate-Planning Scenarios Available to Us
11.27.2024
Continued inaction could leave us with fewer, and far riskier, options for mitigating a warming Earth.
Continued inaction could leave us with fewer, and far riskier, options for mitigating a warming Earth.
Design for Global Survival: The 2030 Palette
11.11.2024
Strategies for architects, planners, and policymakers as we adapt to a changing world.
Strategies for architects, planners, and policymakers as we adapt to a changing world.
What Makes a City Resilient?
09.23.2024
A talk with Sam Carter, a founding principal at the Resilient Cities Catalyst.
A talk with Sam Carter, a founding principal at the Resilient Cities Catalyst.
Warlords in Our Midst
08.14.2024
Why Elon Musk is worse than science fiction.
Why Elon Musk is worse than science fiction.
Bill McKibben on COP28, Maintaining Hope, and Walking in the Woods
12.18.2023
The activist and author offers some perspective on the recently concluded UN Climate summit.
The activist and author offers some perspective on the recently concluded UN Climate summit.
How Madagascar Is Confronting Climate Change
12.06.2023
The island nation is grappling with unique and formidable environmental challenges.
The island nation is grappling with unique and formidable environmental challenges.
Climate Lessons From the Floating Villages of Cambodia
11.29.2023
Social and cultural values may be as important as hard (and expensive) infrastructure.
Social and cultural values may be as important as hard (and expensive) infrastructure.
The 2003 Metropolis Cover Story That Changed Things for Sustainability
10.23.2023
Edward Mazria on the industry-altering impact of “Architects Pollute”.
Edward Mazria on the industry-altering impact of “Architects Pollute”.
How FEMA’s New “Resilience Zone” Program Works
10.16.2023
“The goal is to ensure that the most at-risk…communities have the support, resources, and opportunities they need.”
“The goal is to ensure that the most at-risk…communities have the support, resources, and opportunities they need.”
Architects Must Address the Issue of Toxic Building Materials
09.26.2023
Ending the cycle of pollution within our buildings benefits worker health, community health, and planetary health.
Ending the cycle of pollution within our buildings benefits worker health, community health, and planetary health.
MoMA’s Woefully Incomplete Look at Architecture’s Environmental Arc
09.25.2023
A new exhibition is at best a limited glimpse at a critical movement.
A new exhibition is at best a limited glimpse at a critical movement.
Building Emissions Are Falling, Now the Real Work Begins
08.28.2023
There has been a significant drop this year. The path toward net-zero intensifies.
There has been a significant drop this year. The path toward net-zero intensifies.
Zoning, Preservation, Climate Change: Connecting the Dots
05.24.2023
What can the law teach architecture, and vice-versa? Sara Bronin, head of the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, knows.
What can the law teach architecture, and vice-versa? Sara Bronin, head of the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, knows.
To Address Climate Change, Architects Must Tackle Embodied Carbon
05.18.2023
Focusing only on energy performance is insufficient to the mounting crisis.
Focusing only on energy performance is insufficient to the mounting crisis.
Peter Calthorpe Has a Plan for More Housing in California
04.03.2023
Through a state-mandated use of form-based codes and a focus on “grand boulevards” of underutilized commercial strips, the number of potential units expands by orders of magnitude.
Through a state-mandated use of form-based codes and a focus on “grand boulevards” of underutilized commercial strips, the number of potential units expands by orders of magnitude.
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