Mission Street’s Post

The new Texas Capitol Complex: A transformational project. Read about the vision of the project and see the results of Phase I. More to come in Phase II, which will open in 2027.

When it comes to mass timber, seeing truly is believing—its impact is best understood when experienced first-hand. To make that experience possible, the SLB is sponsoring “Managing Mass Timber: From Forest to Future,” a traveling exhibit and lecture series that showcases the benefits of mass timber directly to students and faculty at leading engineering, architecture, and construction management schools across the Northeast and Great Lakes regions. The exhibit kicked off at Kent State University and has traveled to Syracuse University, with additional stops at the Associated Schools of Construction Region 3 conference in Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for the AIAS Northeast Quad Conference, and the National Organization for Minority Architects’ (NOMA) Annual Conference in Baltimore. Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q02ZC6r40

When I was on the Building Decarb team at the CPUC, I did some work on the WNDRR program, providing incentives for all-electric rebuilds after natural disasters. We added an extra "kicker" incentive for building the home to passive standards. While WNDRR is just now getting to market, this article explains with a few examples from So Cal that passive architecture is proving to be resistant to fires, as well as maintaining good air quality from smoke. Excellent adaptation technology.

Here is an Enscape walkthrough of my final project: a co-living building in the center of London designed for young professionals.

More work from the MArch studio at the School of Architecture and Design University for the Creative Arts. This term, students have been developing models via collage to explore hybrid housing typologies. Next term we will be taking these experiments into the Kent Downs where students will propose new rural housing at the scale of the small village or hamlet. Work by: Abhishek Girish Migi Jacob Sara Rahali Rhys Preston Gayathry Kumar Will Clayson Adam Simmonds Andra Neamtu Nilin Baiju Salaheddine Benjilali

Austin's new convention center project could see longer construction hours, with initial work potentially exceeding 16 hours a day. This proposal is currently under consideration at City Hall. Read more about the plans and their implications: https://okt.to/wu4MhE

This is an outstanding project being delivered by a fantastic team. Well done to all involved. #smartcampus #smartcities #iot #Worldclass #sustainabledevelopment #universities #highereducation #Oxford #estateplanning #architecture #bim #digitaltwin #facilitiesmanagement #innovation #constructioninnovation #netzerocarbon #Heritagebuildings

The architectural legacy of L.A., going up in flames: https://lnkd.in/em6GDyA6

Even when WE (Steven Winter Associates) aren’t presenting, we are “presented”. The ever incredible Paul Ormond presenting at the Boston Society for Architecture’s Wagdy Anis (Building Enclosure) Symposium how the efforts we make as building performance implementers can have game-changing effects to grid modification (a point I have made in other arenas tackling the “costs of grid modernization” discussion—the costs are dispersed with better performance in buildings).

Bricks are among the oldest and most enduring building materials on the planet-- so ubiquitous it's easy to take them for granted. But did you know that behind the bricks that form the walls of our houses and office buildings lies a world of research and innovation? Much of it happens at Clemson University’s National Brick Research Center. In this Q-and-A, center Director John Sanders describes how he and his staff work closely with industry to ensure that brick remains a vital building material in the 21st century. https://lnkd.in/e3cXTgmj