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02 Jun 09

DfD: Design for Disassembly in the built environment: a guide to closed-loop design and building (PDF)

This is a 69-page PDF, self-explanatory title, prepared on behalf of the City of Seattle by Hamer Center for Community Design, Penn State U. Haven't had time to read through yet, but the table of contents includes: Introduction; Principles; Design Process; Case Studies; Components & Materials; Model Deconstruction Specification; References.

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29 Dec 08

NYT: No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in Innovative ‘Passive Houses’

  • And in Germany, passive houses cost only about 5 to 7 percent more to build than conventional houses.
  • Ironically, however, when California inspectors were examining the Berkeley home to determine whether it met "green" building codes (it did), he could not get credit for the heat exchanger, a device that is still uncommon in the United States. "When you think about passive-house standards, you start looking at buildings in a different way," he said.
    • heat exchangers are relatively better known in Canada, though - I think...? - on 2008-12-29
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03 Dec 08

The Glass Stampede: A Building-by-Building Survey of New York's Last Great Architecture Boom, by Justin Davidson -- New York Magazine

Looks to be a great & informative article, but it's annoying that New York Magazine spreads these pieces over so many many pages. File under "will read later"?

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09 Aug 08

How Buildings Learn | PSFK - Trends, Ideas & Inspiration

PSFK's Piers Fawkes writes an entry that provides the links (now available on Google Video) to the BBC series, "How Buildings Learn," by Stewart Brand. In addition to the six parts (each ~30 min. long), Fawkes includes some choice quotes.

For those who know and appreciated Stewart Brand's book, this series is a great addition.

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  • Only 1 in 10 buildings are revisited by the architects after they’re in use.
  • Buildings change and change and change because all the people who use them have their own ideas - and that’s good… but we need a better understanding of the organic change that happens to buildings.
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