Posts about Sustainability

Thermal Delight

By Heather Nelson Looking at the “world’s most airtight house,” I have to ask—how did we get here? If this shed of a building with two windows is what we are holding up as an example of sustainable design, aren’t we missing something? Let’s back track. According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, shelter is one of […]

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Just Make It Better: Firmwide Conservation

The Leonard Kagan Design Fellowship honors the legacy of RTKL’s Leonard Kagan and the huge contributions he made to the firm in the area of design. The Kagan Fellowship was conceived to celebrate the spirit of exploration as an integral part the creative process. This year’s Kagan focuses on measurable improvement—the audacious idea that anything […]

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