Rebuilding regeneratively after a wildfire
After a wildfire destroyed their half-century-old family home in Sonoma County, two architects set out on the journey of rebuilding. This time with regenerative materials.
Tag: regenerative design
Connecting bio-based materials: Inside the BBMC
What started as a need to address the challenges of implementing bio-based materials in the Northeast quickly grew into what is now the Bio-Based Materials Collective (BBMC). What is this group doing to advance bio-based materials in the built environment?
Forging transparency pathways to responsible wood with Evan Schmidt and Oliver Ogden
Wood has a complex, layered and often opaque supply chain. Evan Schmidt and Oliver Ogden at Sustainable Northwest break down how they’re creating more transparency.
From Story to Seed to Shelter: A Library Emerges from the Badlands
What did it take to build an ecologically sound library in one of the most challenging environmental landscapes in the US? The team from Snohetta shares the story.
The Pod: The economy of circular design
In the race to reduce the carbon impact of the built environment, and address planetary health and human health, circularity has become a key strategy. But, until more recently, circularity was almost like that one missing Lego piece needed to complete the build. And, as it turns out, that piece was actually sitting right in front of you the whole time…you just didn’t recognize it.
Decarbonizing Design Through Bio-Based Systems
Build shelter. Not too big. Mostly plants. Those seven simple words embody the ideology that has guided the Bay-area architecture firm Arkin Tilt for nearly three decades.
Achieving Low-Carbon Design Through Plant-Based Building
Build shelter. Not too big. Mostly plants. Those seven simple words embody the ideology that has guided the Bay-area architecture firm Arkin Tilt for nearly three decades.
