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Modernism, once a bold rebellion against convention, now faces its own reckoning. Has it failed us, or can we chart a renewed path forward? If we can collectively recognize the need for change, several aspects of modernism, as we currently practice them, may deserve reconsideration. The next century demands architecture that serves, inspires, and engages the heart. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gJaH-8df #ModernismRenewed #ArchitectureForHumanity #DesignIntelligence #DesignFuturesCouncil

How can we be co-evolving with nature? Part 2 of the Regenerative Architecture Index, 'Co-evolving with nature', is about recognising that we are part of – as opposed to separate from – the natural world. It recognises the importance of actively regenerating #ecosystems by learning from and working with #naturalsystems. This requires designing for #circularity and encouraging closed-loop energy, material and water cycles. The responses were assessed by UK Architects Declare steering group members Anna Lisa McSweeney, Alasdair Ben Dixon and Craig Robertson, with expert input from RAI ambassador Phoebe Tickell – renegade scientist, systems thinker and social entrepreneur. Read on in the link below! https://lnkd.in/eeEiTiB9 #RegenerativeArchitectureIndex

BIG Congrats Xinyue Ye !!

The Silicon Fens are growing! Yesterday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves emphasised the importance of #NewTowns in the Oxford-Cambridge corridor, a vital area for the development of life sciences and biotech industries in the UK. We're very excited to be collaborating with the University of Cambridge on a masterplan for a new urban quarter, which will complete the development already started at Eddington. Did you know that Hawkins\Brown has a team of specialist masterplanners? Ably led by partner and urban design lead Darryl Chen, our masterplanning team is committed to creating complex, interconnected places that learn from and enhance natural systems. At the Eddington - North West Cambridge Development, we've proposed a series of compact neighbourhoods with copious open space and public realm. Find out more via our website: https://lnkd.in/eSbZGGrP #urbandesign #cambridge #newtowns #development #siliconfen #biotech #masterplanning #masterplan

The David Rubenstein Treehouse Conference Center at Harvard University is celebrating its topping out. Once open, the center will serve as Harvard's first university-wide conference space and a gateway to its new Enterprise Research Campus (ERC). The conference center is highly sustainable, featuring mass timber in its design, and will serve as an innovation hub for the university. As part of the project team with Studio Gang, Consigli Construction Co., Inc./Smoot Construction Company of Washington DC, and Tishman Speyer, we provided a suite of multidisciplinary services and utilized the Arup SoundLab to help address critical needs around sound mitigation as this is an important feature for conference facilities. We are excited to be a part of this cutting-edge center that prioritizes sustainability and innovation - congratulations to the entire project team on this milestone. #Harvard #MassTimber #Design #HigherEd

Calling all built environment innovators - apply to the Builders Lab and help us build housing better, faster and more sustainably! The Builders Lab is an exciting new accelerator program of Terner Labs and proudly affiliated with the nationally renowned Terner Center for Housing Innovation at University of California, Berkeley. The Lab will address our intertwined housing and climate crises by supporting innovative organizations in architecture, engineering, construction, development and manufacturing. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/e-atFy7a We couldn’t have launched this application today without our incredible internal team as well as friends, advisors and partners across the country, including Michelle Boyd, Tyler Pullen, Geraldine Slevin, Ben Metcalf, Sheela Jivan, Carol J Galante, Iris D. Tommelein at UC Berkeley, Shanti Pless at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Fopefoluwa Bademosi and Angela Foss at Autodesk, Antonia Elisa Soler Blasco at Hilti Group, Rick Holliday at Factory OS, Mason Darryl Gunter at Elemental Excelerator, Kevin Schuster at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Mercedeh Mortazavi at JPMorganChase, Jenna Louie at Ivory Innovations, and many, many more. Looking forward to continued collaboration as we pursue systems change in the way we build housing. #constructiontech #contech #proptech #modular #modularhousing #modularconstruction #industrializedconstruction #architecture #engineering #construction #realestatedevelopment #design #manufacturing #realestate #climatetech #climate #climatechange #sustainability #sustainablebuildings #sustainableconstruction #housing #affordablehousing #housingaffordability

Launching this Spring: Good Growth in Practice, The London School of Architecture’s 12-month pioneering educational pilot designed to uplift underrepresented SMEs in the built environment. 📊 The programme is being developed with real industry insights to actively address pressing industry needs. We are thrilled to have commissioned Neil Onions, Founding Director of Beyond The Box CIC, to collaborate with our programme lead, Dian Small, on the Inclusive Industry Research Strand. 🏢 A massive thank you to our hosts and Practice Network partner, HTA Architects, as well as all the participants who have contributed their time and expertise to shaping this innovative approach to Good Growth in Practice. 📅 Learn more and apply via the link in bio. The deadline for applications is 31 January 2025. Supported by the Greater London Authority, The Crown Estate and Zetteler

Tomorrow, on Wednesday August 21st, Ellen Schindler will lecture at the Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory as part of the Aedes Democratic Design programme which explores how architecture and planning can evolve into collaborative, interdisciplinary spatial practices that strengthen democracy. Aedes on Democratic Design: "Working together for a future architecture by identifying strategies to bring architects and new partners together, to extract tools for successful collaboration and to discuss aims for a broader communication."    What started with an idea for the graphic novel METRO O1O has now grown into the all-embracing concept of YOU – Young Optimistic Urbanists. Can we talk about the city in a different way? Do we need a new mindset to involve the younger generation in urban development? And how can we connect them more seriously, specifically and structurally in our cities' urban planning processes?   Ellen will highlight how De Zwarte Hond aims to involve the younger generation city-dwellers in city-making, how we invite cities to embrace the YOU-manifesto and how brushing teeth has everything to do with urban planning.   When: 21 August 2024 Time: 18.30-20.30 Where: ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Christinenstraße 18-19, 10119 Berlin Entrance: Reserve your free ticket here https://lnkd.in/e3rdY3DJ #dezwartehond #architecture #strategy #urbanism #metro010 #berlin #citychangers #citymakers #graphicnovel #younggeneration #YoungOptimisticUrbanists #BerlinEvent #CollaborationForChange #DemocraticDesign #GlobalGovernance #ZEITStiftung #BuceriusSummerSchool #InterdisciplinaryDesign #DZHevents

BioMed Realty has topped out a 637,000-square-foot life science building in Cambridge, Mass. Development partners include CBT Architects, Suffolk Construction, Takeda and Global Arts Live: https://lnkd.in/eVCdmbVK

Fascinating research about evaluating the built environment. Why is this important? «Addressing disparities in the built environment is crucial to creating equitable, healthy, and livable communities. Key policy recommendations include conducting regular assessments to monitor street quality and develop strategies that promote equitable access to high-quality environments, establishing equitable policies and guidelines to mitigate green gentrification and resident displacement during streetscape improvements, encouraging community engagement in street design, investing in active transport infrastructure and prioritizing maintenance, promoting mixed-use development, and focusing on cost-effective interventions when managing limited financial resources.»