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Month September 2011

Pens update

The pen set concept is a powerful one. Let’s talk about how to use pens, and pen sets, effectively.

Buildings Adapt or They Go Away

To quote a commissioner in Chicago’s Department of the Environment.

Cities adapt or they go away. Climate change is happening in both real and dramatic ways, but also in slow, pervasive ways. We can handle it, but we do need to acknowledge it. We are on a 50-year cycle, but we need to get going.

So the Chicago of the future will be a city of Sweet Gum and Live Oak.

Building Science

A great post on the topic of one architect’s “building science headache”. I agree.

Swedish Framing

First, a look at factory production framing in Sweden. The mineral-wool insulation fits perfectly. Nice butterfly table.