Author Archives: Rusty

Sustainability Thursday: Passive House

By Rusty | Published: January 20, 2011

You may or may not have heard of the Passive House Institute, but by the end of 2011, I expect it will be as household a name as Energy Star or even LEED. Builder magazine agrees, calling it one of the top ten building trends for 2011. In a nutshell, the concept is to create […]

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Doing Better

By Rusty | Published: January 18, 2011

I don’t care about your problems, because they are not real problems. They are luxury problems. You have the luxury of cynicism. The people in Malawi suffering and dying from infections that could be prevented have never heard the word ‘corporatist.’ They have real problems, and they know one thing: They need solutions now. At […]

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Rationalism Prevails

By Rusty | Published: January 14, 2011

Check out this very poignant article by Witold Rybczynski from Slate.com. He paints a pretty dismal picture about the state of the Architectural profession, both in the midst of the boom, and now in the great valley beyond. Building booms often encourage excess—think of the Gilded Age—but this time large budgets, a celebrity architectural culture, […]

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Great things are on the Horizon…

By Rusty | Published: January 12, 2011

I apologize for the general lack of updates. I’m in the process of adjusting to a modified work schedule that has altered the amount of time I spend in front of my own computer considerably. You will also note, previous articles are missing images, fret not… I’ve got some database touching up to do to […]

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Save the NC State Bookstore

By Rusty | Published: January 10, 2011

The Greenest Building is the One Already Built. John Morris has a great article today about the imminent destruction of this awesome mid-century modern building. Unfortunately, unlike some of Milton Small‘s other buildings, this building is not on the National Register of Historic Places. This pretty much sums up the heart of the issue, regardless […]

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