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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1349 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:57 pm    Post subject: ArchWeek Green 2009.1014 Dear Designers, Builders, and Friends, ArchWeek Green, from the editors of the leading architecture magazine online, brings you weekly sustainable design and building news from around our planet. The Bay Area Regional Style seems to lend itself to environmentally sensitive design solutions - within the appropriate bioclimatic realm - and the Portola Valley Town Center, LEED Platinum certified, is a lovely new example... ArchWeek wrote: That the simple array of structures appears more like a summer camp than a civic monument is by design. The architecture is in accord with a local ordinance that encourages buildings "as unobtrusive in the natural terrain as possible," thereby protecting open space and views. The design shows the influence of William Turnbull, the "T" in MLTW of Sea Ranch fame. Turnbull worked from a similar palette of untreated vertical redwood siding and shed roofs, and his architecture, too, defers to its surroundings. Turnbull's influence on the Portola Valley center is no surprise, since several architects on the project had worked for Turnbull at one time or another, including Larry Strain and Jim Goring, partners-in-charge for their respective firms, and Strain's colleagues Henry Siegel and Susi Marzuola. Like Sea Ranch, the Portola Valley Town Center exists in a rarified rural setting. It, too, has a skin of natural wood that will weather to a silvery gray. And it takes the addition step of minimizing the use of new wood. Portola Valley Town Center - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1007 http://www.architectureweek.com/2009/1007/index.html Given the philosophical roots of the Bay Area Regional Style, its ease of integration with contemporary sustainable standards seems to follow naturally. Are there architectural styles that seem especially awkward for environmentally sensitive design approaches? What other styles seem especially well-suited for environmentally sensitive design, in their own appropriate places? Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week -------------------------------------------------------- Regional Efficiency Rules Proposed for Furnaces and Air-Conditioners - New York Times, 2009.1013 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/regional-efficiency-rules-proposed-for-furnaces-air-conditioners/ Madagascar's Wood Exports Stir Debate - New York Times, 2009.1013 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/madagascars-wood-exports-stir-debate/ Oil Demand in Industrialized Nations Peaked in 2005, Researchers Say - New York Times, 2009.1013 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/oil-demand-among-industrialized-nations-peaked-in-2005-reserachers-say/ Solar Living, without Compromising on Lifestyle - New York Times, 2009.1013 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/science/earth/13solar.html Green Walls Could Inspire Energy Conservation Efforts - Finding Dulcinea, 2009.1013 http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/oct/Corporate-Green-Walls-Could-Inspire-Energy-Conservation-Efforts.html United States: Glossary of Key Climate Change Terms - Mondaq, 2009.1013 http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=87596 Massive Slide Redirects River in Washington State - New York Times, 2009.1012 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/science/earth/12landslide.html California to Charge Fee for Emissions - New York Times, 2009.1012 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/california-to-charge-fee-for-emissions/ The Competition for the Best Solar-Powered House - Huffington Post, 2009.1012 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/12/solar-decathlon-the-compe_n_314790.html Riding China's Green Wave - New York Times, 2009.1012 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/riding-chinas-green-wave/ Discord over Regulation of Car Charging - New York Times, 2009.1012 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/discord-over-regulation-of-car-charging/ 'Carbon War Room' Takes Aim at Shipping - New York Times, 2009.1012 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/carbon-war-room-targets-shipping/ Passivhaus Developer Wins an Award - Green Building Press, 2009.1012 http://www.greenbuildingpress.co.uk/article.php?category_id=1&article_id=371 Climate No Longer Top Policy Issue with Australians - Reuters, 2009.1012 http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE59C07320091013?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews Hume: New Green Building Calls for a Slick Skin - Toronto Star, 2009.1012 http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/708895--hume-new-green-building-calls-for-a-slick-skin Sustainable Expert Outlines Downtown Makeover - Las Vegas Business Press, 2009.1012 http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2009/10/12/news/iq_31523485.txt Green Roofs: The Future of Architecture? - Ubyssey, 2009.1012 http://ubyssey.ca/ideas/?p=8820 Solar Power Decathlon Ready to Open - Cooler Planet, 2009.1012 http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/10120901-solar-power-decathlon-ready-to-open.aspx Prospects Distant for Offshore Wind in West - New York Times, 2009.1009 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/prospects-distant-for-offshore-wind-in-west/ Norway Pledges 40 Percent Emissions Cuts - New York Times, 2009.1009 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/norway-pledges-40-perecent-emissions-cuts/ Report Offers Road Map to a Green Indiana - New York Times, 2009.1009 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/report-offers-roadmap-to-a-green-indiana/ Argentina's Forests Dwindle - Nature, 2009.1009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091009/full/news.2009.984.html The Quest to Build an 'Ethically Responsible' House - New York Times, 2009.1009 http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/09/09climatewire-the-quest-to-build-an-ethically-responsible-12926.html Electric Cars in India: Why so Few? - India Knowledge, 2009.1008 http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/india/article.cfm?articleid=4418 Massachusetts Mulls TV Efficiency Rules - New York Times, 2009.1008 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/massachusetts-mulls-tv-efficiency-rules/ Defiant Chamber Chief Says "Bring 'Em On" - New York Times, 2009.1008 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/defiant-chamber-chief-says-bring-em-on/ Postcard from Klamath Falls - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1007 http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/1007/environment_2-1.html Seeing them as pure object form in the landscape, a poignant aesthetic of contrasts entwines these manmade elements with their landscape - muscular diversion canal snaking improbably high along the canyon walls, diminished river following below - huge steel penstock tubes dropping hundreds of feet from some apparently random spot on the hillside - the two round generators themselves, framed by their own dedicated traveling crane, bridging over the outwash beneath, loud rushing to rejoin the native waters... Solar Village Begins to Bloom on National Mall - CNet News, 2009.1007 http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10369995-54.html Michelle Kaufmann on the Future of Green Prefab Homes - Earth2tech, 2009.1007 http://earth2tech.com/2009/10/07/qa-michelle-kaufmann-on-the-future-of-green-prefab-homes/ Saving Forests Five Times Better Than Carbon Capture for Climate Action - World Wildlife Fund, 2009.1007 http://www.panda.org/wwf_news/news/?uNewsID=176141 Apple, Sony Ericsson Demonstrate Best Practices in Green Electronics - Sustainable Business, 2009.1007 http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/19005 -- * -- Please help us build ArchitectureWeek with your support... 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