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Sustainability
04.26.12: Mark Feldman
Visualizing the Ends of OilOn Places, Mark Feldman looks closely at how the photographers Edward Burtynsky and Chris Jordan have each struggled to visualize and critique the effects of our dependence on oil.
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04.16.12: Aaron Paley & Amanda Berman
CicLAvia: Reimagining the Streets of Los AngelesOn Places, Aaron Paley and Amanda Berman argue that the semi-annual CicLAvia — which bans cars from parts of L.A. — is inspiring Angelenos to imagine a new urban future.
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04.02.12: Adelheid Fischer
Shaking Hands with a SlothOn Places, Adelheid Fischer examines the links between biomimicry and design education, and argues that "the very act of looking to nature is conducive to creativity."
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03.21.12: Hadley Arnold & Peter Arnold
Drylands: Water and the WestOn Places, an essay and slideshow by Peter Arnold and Hadley Arnold of the Arid Lands Institute, on what they call "the largest and least understood environmental challenge of the 21st century."
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11.22.11: Matthew Moore
Digital Farm CollectiveOn Places, and in time for Thanksgiving, artist and farmer Matthew Moore describes his Digital Farm Collective, a multimedia project created to spur dialogue about the future of the family farm.
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11.10.11: Andrew Ross
Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable CityOn Places, Andrew Ross analyzes the contradictory political and economic forces that once made Phoenix the fastest-growing city in the U.S. — and today a prime casualty of the crash.
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10.26.11: Center for Creative Photography & Mark Klett
Water in the WestOn Places, a slideshow from the collaborative photography project Water in the West, with an introduction by Mark Klett.
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10.17.11: Cynthia E. Smith
Design with the Other 90%: CitiesOn Places, Cynthia Smith, curator of the Cooper-Hewitt exhibition "Design with the Other 90%: CITIES," offers an in-depth look at her research into socially responsive urban design in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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09.06.11: James Barilla
The Road to ExurbiaOn Places, James Barilla recounts the rural pleasures of growing up in a hill town in Western Massachusetts — yet regrets the deep environmental footprint of low-density exurban life.
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06.20.11: Adelheid Fischer
Starry NightOn Places, Adelheid Fischer describes the growing night-sky movement, which advocates for the cultural and biological benefits of reducing light pollution — and keeping the Milky Way visible.
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06.09.11: Adelheid Fischer
A Home Before the End of the WorldOn Places, Adelheid Fischer explores our startling ignorance of the natural world — and wonders whether this is enabling the degradation of the environment.
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04.18.11: Timothy Beatley
Blue Urbanism: The City and the OceanOn Places, planning professor Tim Beatley makes a case for blue urbanism — a new planning focus on how the design of cities affects the health of the planet's oceans.
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10.25.10: Hillary Brown
Infrastructural Ecologies: Principles for Post-Industrial Public WorksOn Places, architect Hillary Brown, founder of New York City's Office of Sustainable Design, proposes principles to guide construction of a next generation of green infrastructure.
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10.04.10: William W. Braham
The Temptations of Survivalism, or, What do you do with your waste?On Places, architect William Braham explores the promise — and the illusions — of sustainable self-sufficiency in environmental design.
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05.17.10: Beth Weinstein
Self-Fab HouseArchitect Beth Weinstein reviews Self-Fab House, a compilation of the results of a competition sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.
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05.10.10: Timothy Beatley
Green MetropolisOn Places, urban planning professor Timothy Beatley, author of Green Urbanism, reviews Green Metropolis, by David Owen, which argues that Manhattan is the greenest city in the U.S.
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10.20.09: Thomas Fisher
Fracture CriticalMuch U.S. infrastructure is "fracture critical" — vulnerable to catastrophic and systemic failure; Thomas Fisher argues that our finance, housing and energy systems are fracture-critical as well.
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09.26.09: William W. Braham
How Much Does Your Household Weigh?How much does your household weigh? Architect William Braham explores the unfolding complexities of sustainable design.
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10.15.08: Danai Thaitakoo, Brian McGrath
Mitigation, Adaptation, Uncertainty: Bangkok and the Chao Phraya River DeltaREAD MORE
10.15.08: Mary Carol Hunter
Managing Sense of Place in Transition: Coping with Climate ChangeREAD MORE
10.15.08: Virginia Matzek, Peter Kareiva
Casualties of Climate Change: Identity and Livelihood in California's Central ValleyREAD MORE
08.15.07: Garth Rockcastle
The Lost Public Art of Gordon Matta-ClarkGordon Matta-Clark infiltrated the worlds of art and architecture, revealing deep complacencies in each.
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11.01.01: Ruth Durack
Village Vices: The Contradiction of New Urbanism and SustainabilityA critique of New Urbanism focusing not on its traditionalism but on the unsustainability of its planning models.
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