By Scott Rodwin For at least the last few decades, we progressives have been sacrificing good at the altar of the perfect in the built environment. As Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson eloquently and ...

We’re not living in a natural outcome of human needs and behavior. The built environment as we know it—buildings and the spaces between—does direct damage to our minds. Land use planning has had ...

Circularity, the practice of recirculating used materials through harvesting, recertifying, and testing, could make construction projects be delivered at a lower cost than by using virgin materials ...

Built Environment Leaders to Discuss Net-Zero Strategies The latest Northwestern Built Environment Exchange (BuiltX), hosted by EMDC in partnership with Illinois Green Alliance, will highlight ...

Society is built on increasingly complex and interconnected infrastructure systems to support our way of life. The National Academies study transportation, energy, water systems, and urban design to ...

Holcim has launched the Holcim Sustainable Construction Academy, an open-access online training program on circular, energy-efficient, low-carbon and regenerative design concepts. Developed by Holcim ...

This activity was supported by Grant No. 2014-13628 from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Grant No. NNX16AC85G from the National Aeronautics and ...

In this roundup, we explore articles that dive into AI's current and future roles in architecture and design. They address the ways AI assists in generating concepts and democratizing the design ...

In cities brimming with high-rise ambitions and expanding road networks, the essence of human-centred design often gets lost in concrete. An architect, GIS expert and lecturer at Moshood Abiola ...

The nation’s 16-year-olds are sitting their GCSE exams in school halls up and down the country. The choice of GCSE subjects has expanded considerably in recent years, with around 60 courses available ...