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Ali Malkwai, (below) an architecture professor who is developing ways to encourage complex and eco-friendly building design, says concern for sustainability is not a new idea. The architectural concept of energy-efficient building has been around “since people first built buildings.” Indigenous architects searched for the best ways to utilize the sun for light, heat, and airflow. These buildings were simple constructions, but sustainable. (Credit: iStockphoto)
U. PENN (US)—In recent years, there has been a heightened focus among American architects on energy-efficient building design, a growing movement to meld form not just with function but with social responsibility, too. Continue…
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Design database: What’s in a name?
CORNELL (US)—Jan Jennings, professor of design and environmental analysis at Cornell University, has produced the first searchable online database for names of contemporary design with images of existing buildings, which, she says, have for the most part gone unnamed and undocumented for decades, and in some cases, centuries. (more…)
