Do you have questions about what’s new in LEED 3.0? Scot Horst, senior VP of LEED at the U.S. Green Building Council, will answer your questions and respond to your comments in our LEED forum.
My San Francisco: Members of the local architecture community take us on tours of their favorite Bay Area buildings, including Morphosis' Federal Building, Botta's SFMOMA, the Old Mint, the Ferry Building, and more.
Record Houses: Allied Works principal Brad Cloepfil and project lead Kyle Lommen walk us through their Dutchess County Guest House. In the first half of the video, they describe the project’s unique structure. In the second, we take a room-by-room tour of the interior.
Pictured: Mark Jensen on the San Francisco Art Institute
Pictured is an 88.5-square-foot, $5,000 house in Bogota, Colombia. It was designed by CPM Construcciones Prefabricadas. This image, which you can comment on, is one of more than 600 in our Residential Showcase photo gallery. We invite you to submit images of your own residential work as well.
At left is a shot of Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. This image is one of more than 400 exceptional photos in our Architectural Photography Showcase.
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