Archives for February 2007
San Diego Community a Model for Green Building
Del Sur, a new development of 2,500 homes, represents the next era of responsible community planning: an amenities-rich community built with environmental accountability.
Planned over nearly 20 years by Black Mountain Ranch LLC, Del Sur faced multiple obstacles and opposition, leading Fred Maas, BMR president, to forge innovative alliances with community and civic groups to pursue [...]
8 February 2007 | Construction, Green Building, Technology | No Comments
Humanitarian Architecture
That may sound like a stretch, but humanitarian architecture is precisely what Cameron Sinclair hopes to accomplish through his organization, Architecture for Humanity. The basic idea is that with a skyrocketing global population that is becoming increasingly urbanized in developing nations, the formal architecture profession is not equipped meet the design needs of the masses. [...]
2 February 2007 | Construction, Technology | No Comments
