Posts about Sustainability

Megacities and Polycentric Planning

“Louvre reopens after heavy flooding shuttered Paris museum.” “Mexico City orders all cars off the road one day a week to tackle air pollution.” “Beijing takes lead from London, Singapore as it plans congestion charges to curb capital’s huge traffic jams.” A look at the day’s top headlines is profoundly telling in terms of the […]

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Reimagining a California Beach Community

How environmentally and culturally sensitive development can transform a waterfront environment Imagine a lively community pier filled with local residents, families and visitors. Beachgoers flock to the area and stick around even after the sun goes down, catching a movie or taking a ride on the Lightning Racer rollercoaster. Fishing poles galore stretch out into […]

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Seeing Green: Biophilia and Retail are a Natural Fit

CRTKL’s Brendan O’Grady delves into the use of green spaces in retail interiors. Biophilia is far from a new concept, but the realization and application of its foundational tenet—that interior spaces can promote health, productivity and well-being by bringing the outdoors inside—is still being explored. Efforts to inject a little green into the built environment […]

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Cnidaria Halitus: Harnessing the Sun and Tides for Potable Water

CRTKL’s Pablo La Roche, John Eric Chung, Danxi Zou, Jingyan Zhang and Tianyi Deng discuss their latest green innovation and explain how it can produce potable water for California. With climate change becoming more dramatic and California’s drought continuing to worsen, I often find myself asking: How can I use design to mitigate the effects […]

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