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https://www.fastcompany.com/90671663/in-new-orleans-a-solar-microgrid-is-keeping-lights-on-in-this-affordable-apartment-building?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

In New Orleans, a solar microgrid is keeping lights on in this affordable apartment building While the rest of the neighborhood is dark, the residents at the St. Peter Apartments still have power. Can it be a model for more resilient architecture?

One for the books, Park Forest finall got her certificate of occupancy for the storage component on Friday!

Interesting perspective - Covid-19 has helped kill “indiscriminate international architecture” says Reinier de Graaf https://www.dezeen.com/2021/04/01/covid-19-helped-kill-indiscriminate-international-architecture-reinier-de-graaf/

Covid-19 has helped kill "indiscriminate international architecture" says Reinier de Graaf The coronavirus pandemic has helped encourage a return to regional architectural styles, according to OMA partner Reinier de Graaf.

Might need some adjustments for Texas, but a good concept | Glass writer’s studio creates “sense of being almost outdoors” https://www.dezeen.com/2021/04/01/glass-writers-studio-edinburgh-wt-architecture/

Glass writer's studio creates "sense of being almost outdoors" Scottish studio WT Architecture has created a glasshouse in Edinburgh as a writer's studio in the garden of a Victorian villa.

12 ways to make your home a haven of wellbeing for the New Year

As the burden of real estate gets pushed more to the worker, more of these strategies will evoke important: 12 Ways To Make Your Home A Haven Of Wellbeing In 2021 https://www.housebeautiful.com/uk/lifestyle/a34948089/healthy-home-wellbeing/

housebeautiful.com 'A home design that reflects who you are – your values, needs, and interests – can make you feel good about yourself and more in control.'

weeHouse Is the Perfect Vacation Home for Eco-Conscious Architects - Architizer Journal

weeHouse Is the Perfect Vacation Home for Eco-Conscious Architects - Architizer Journal https://flip.it/YZKT-W

architizer.com Alchemy Architects' compact residences sit harmoniously within their settings, while yielding a minimal carbon (and physical) footprint.

How the ‘Whole Foods effect’ jacks up apartment rent

How the ‘Whole Foods effect’ jacks up apartment rent https://flip.it/9UrXxN

flip.it It costs an average of 6% more to live above a Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s.For apartment dwellers, the new must-have building amenity isn’t a rooftop terrace or a fancy fitness room but a nice grocery store on the ground floor. According to a new study, renters are willing to pay around 6% more ...

Bungalow Courts Make the Best Neighbors

A close friend has this setup at his home and I’ve seen it in action. This configuration works really well!

Living in a Los Angeles Bungalow Court - Curbed https://www.curbed.com/2020/6/23/21294285/bungalow-court-los-angeles-history

curbed.com The 350 that remain in L.A. are some of the city’s most desirable housing.

"Even a frivolous design can generate serious thinking" say commenters

“Even a frivolous design can generate serious thinking” say commenters https://www.dezeen.com/2020/06/02/coronagrifting-comments-update/

dezeen.com Readers are debating architecture critic Kate Wagner coining of the term "coronagrifting" to describe outlandish coronavirus-related proposals and sharing their thoughts on other top stories in this week's comments update.

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Yet another study concludes that gas stoves are really bad for kids' health

I much rather cook with gas, and this isn’t the first one of these I have seen. As building envelopes get tighter, luxuries like this and fireplaces are getting more and more scrutiny for indoor air quality. MEP Codes require Oustide air, but these can be worked around with operable windows, relying on the occupant to take an active role.

Yet another study concludes that gas stoves are really bad for kids’ health | TreeHugger https://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/yet-another-report-looks-health-effects-gas-stove-pollution.html

treehugger.com Serious cooks are serious about gas, but it's time to give it up.

KPF's Scalpel skyscraper adds to the "urban drama" of the City of London

KPF’s Scalpel skyscraper adds to the “urban drama” of the City of London https://www.dezeen.com/2020/05/05/kpf-scalpel-skyscraper-52-lime-street-city-of-london/

dezeen.com Architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has completed the 190-metre-tall Scalpel skyscraper alongside the Lloyd's building at 52 Lime Street in the City of London.

Microscape uses stone-filled baskets to update Italian cemetery

Also known as Gambion walls:

https://www.dezeen.com/2020/04/30/microscape-uses-stone-filled-baskets-to-update-italian-cemetery/

dezeen.com Cemetery Castel San Gimignano has been renovated by Italian architecture studio Microscape using local limestone stacked in metal baskets.

Existential job site picture of the quarter. Not one of our jobs yet, but let’s call this an involuntary remodel.

The Epic, 2019, Perkins + Will @ Deep Ellum

Center for Leadership (CFL) - ULI North Texas

Congrats to the North TEXAS Center For Leadership class of 2020! We have some amazing things to do this year. More on CFL here: https://northtexas.uli.org/get-involved/cfl/

northtexas.uli.org Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders

Dallas: A Monumental $260 Million Entry In a Fiercely Competitive Market

Not sure what lesson this teaches us. The Crescent reigned as the most expensive office space I our market for decades. Regardless, a beautiful and successful development. Dallas: A Monumental $260 Million Entry In a Fiercely Competitive Market - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/12/realestate/dallas-a-monumental-260-million-entry-in-a-fiercely-competitive-market.html

nytimes.com Archives | 1985 Dallas: A Monumental $260 Million Entry In a Fiercely Competitive Market By PETER APPLEBOMEMAY 12, 1985 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Continue reading the main story About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before...

Architecture that's built to heal

Architecture that’s built to heal https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_murphy_architecture_that_s_built_to_heal

ted.com Architecture is more than a clever arrangement of bricks. In this eloquent talk, Michael Murphy shows how he and his team look far beyond the blueprint when they're designing. Considering factors from airflow to light, theirs is a holistic approach that produces community as well as (beautiful) buil...

We will be glad to get this thing vertical after a long wait on the rain!

Dallas Builders Association

The finalists for the 40th Anniversary McSAM Awards, presented by StrucSure Home Warranty, are...https://bit.ly/2HDTld5

Was over in Fort Worth and took a few shots of our 221(d)4 project, Junction Crossing, where we were the design architect of record.

Happy with how this canopy turned out. Kudos to Harper Clayton (ACM panels) and Ridgemont Construction!

Coming this may!

Lasers Reveal a Maya Civilization So Dense It Blew Experts’ Minds

Lasers Reveal a Maya Civilization So Dense It Blew Experts’ Minds - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/world/americas/mayan-city-discovery-laser.html

nytimes.com More than 60,000 Maya structures have been discovered in Guatemala, changing the way archaeologists understand the ancient civilization.

Texas Bullet Train Developers Share Plans for Dallas Station

Texas Bullet Train Developers Share Plans for Dallas Station | http://ow.ly/fF1P30i7a7W

dmagazine.com Gaze upon these renderings of the Cedars passenger rail station for the proposed Dallas-to-Houston bullet train.

Second floor at our project in Southlake.

Fun finish out I drew right when my son was born - he was strapped to my chest as a 6 week old while I stood at the kitchen counter for most of this project!