On a vision quest, touring architects' homes [ Los Angeles Times ] Jun 1, 2008  By Christopher Hawthorne From the center of Helsinki, the quickest way to get to the house that the great Finnish architect Alvar Aalto designed for himself ... Read More ...

Graham Hill We Save Beauty [ HuffingtonPost ] May 30, 2008  Ask me what green is, and an important part of my answer is beauty. Beauty is sustainable. Unfortunately, only a fraction of us will put doing the right thing above aesthetics, cost and functionality. So when it comes down to it; beauty truly matters. Take architecture, in that field they tear the ugly buildings down. Read More ...

Why Modular Homes Are Green [ The Sietch Blog ] June 4, 2008  Modular homes haven't quite caught on, but most likely, this will soon change. With the rise in green building and buying going up significantly and showing no signs of going away, modular homes may become more visible for their green living potential. Read More ...

London architect unfazed by Heathrow flap, shines [ San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News ] May 30, 2008  LONDON -- British architect Richard Rogers learnt in 1971 that his proposed design for the Pompidou Centre was up against 700 other entries; he almost pulled out. Read More ...

Mint juleps and antebellum gems [ Boston Globe ] Jun 01, 2008  NATCHEZ, Miss. - Head south from Clarksdale on Highway 61 through the rolling green farmland of the Mississippi Delta and you reach the zigzag-shaped trenches Union and Confederate troops dug during the Civil War's bloody Siege of Vicksburg, now a national park. Read More ...

Side of new Lowell garage to go green [ Lowell Sun ] May 30, 2008  LOWELL -- The 900-car parking garage planned for the Hamilton Canal District will present a green wall and roof to neighbors as a result of meetings with residents of the Canal Place Three condominiums. Read More ...

Ogden mayor's green transit trek leaves him blue [ The Salt Lake Tribune ] May 31, 2008  Who knew that going green would take sooooo long? Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey spent 2 1/2 hours on train and on foot recently trying to reach the American Institute of Architects' green development forum in Liberty Park. Read More ...

The architecture is changing where there's no such thing as a stupid question [ The Kansas City Star ] May 31, 2008  As the library's philosophical approach evolves, so does its physique. Libraries built in the 19th and early 20th centuries were sober buildings, said Loriene Roy, president of the American Library Association. Read More ...

Red Cloud school chooses Lakota woman as architect [ Rapid City Journal ] Jun 01, 2008  Red Cloud Indian School has selected Encompass Architects of Lincoln, Neb., to design the $2.5 million addition and renovation to its high school, according to a news release from the school. This is the first building project committed to an academic space in more than 20 years at Red Cloud. Read More ...

Architects, Theater Group Named Watermill Fellows [ New York Sun ] Jun 2, 2008  By Staff Reporter of the Sun Catalan architects Beatriz Mínguez and Francesco Ducato and Taipei's experimental theater company, Shakespeare's Wild Sisters ... Read More ...

Build green [ Salt Lake Tribune ] Jun 1, 2008  In the Utah building industry, where I work as an architect, green and energy-efficient designs are becoming the cornerstone of business. ... Read More ...

Builders of 'Green' Home Hope to Let Sunshine In [ RedOrbit ] Jun 1, 2008  'We don't want to oversize it,' architect Timothy Buckley said. ''Bigger' doesn't mean more efficient, and it doesn't mean 'better. ... Read More ...