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Unification

The California Green Building Conference will take place on May 23 in Los Angeles

Environmental Saviorism

Geo-Fantasies at Citygroup peels back the layers of the carbon capture industry

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Now or Never

Earth Day Digest: Stories keeping AN editors hopeful about the planet’s future

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Lion Link

In California, work on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is now underway

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Ethical Decarbonization

How can forced labor be eliminated from the global construction sector? Design for Freedom holds its third annual summit.

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Ahead of Her Time

Princeton SoA’s Womxn in Design and Architecture Conference centers the work of Ghanaian architect, builder, and environmentalist Alero Olympio

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“Green Collar”

Object Territories among six winning teams named by Trust for Governors Island to design Climate Solutions Challenge pilot projects

“One of New York’s Flyest”

Following the passing of the famous Central Park owl, legislators have renamed the Bird Safe Buildings Act the “FLACO Act”

Fueling Debate

At COP28 conversations on the phasing out of oil felt paradoxical amidst the Dubai backdrop

Get That Money

Biden administration offers $250 million in grants to study embodied energy in construction materials; applications are due January 16

Tall posts with circular object on the top standing in A JUNGLE AT DUSK AS BATS FLY NEAR THE STRUCTURES.
Eavesdropping

SFER IK Museion inaugural artist award winner Antoine Bertin’s installation listens in on the conversations of bats

“Underpinning”

In an excerpt from Designing the Forest and Other Mass Timber Futures, Lindsey Wikstrom relays how storytelling shapes our environment

A Just Transition

The climate resilience workforce should include architects

Farmer’s Almanac

USDA rolls out 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map—revealing how agricultural areas change with global warming

New Game Plan

A design competition from ASHRAE reimagines a more eco-friendly Houston Astrodome

Medium Worlds, Worlding Mediums

MESO-COSM examines architecture, ecosystem experiments, and urbanization in the Gulf Coast region

Man wearing a blue shirt looks above to the camera while standing on an installation of bedrock samples.
Sea Change

Carlos Irijalba uses recycled materials from climate resiliency projects for an installation along the East River

Fighting Fire with Fire

Playbook for the Pyrocene is an open-access guide to preparing for wildfires by SWA’s XL Lab

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