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London Calling

In London, M&S files High Court appeal against State of Secretary Gove’s Marble Arch refusal

Clarity Revisited 

Glass transparency and circularity should reshape how the industry operates

Giving Back

Noguchi Museum and Pratt Institute among 48 recipients of a $2.7 million grant from the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative

Thought Leaders

California becomes the first state in the U.S. to tackle embodied carbon in its building codes

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Learning from the Commonwealth

Fossil fuel bans, a green bank, and energy codes prohibiting all-glass buildings are coming to Massachusetts

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Light Switch

Biden administration and EU Commission ban incandescent bulbs to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions

Sweat Inducing

Heat Wave digest: An awful week of weather, incentivizing retrofits, painting roadways, and more

Oxford Circus

Michael Gove shuts down Marks & Spencer’s Marble Arch demolition plans over carbon catastrophe

Sink or Swim?

Earth Day Digest: NYC’s new climate plan, designing for fire resiliency in Washington, and more

Enmeshed Environments

What is the spatial order of our fossil fuel age? Confronting Carbon Form attempts an answer

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Carbon Positive?!

A claim about Populus, a hotel under construction in Denver, deserves close scrutiny

Home Grown

A new set of manufacturers is producing carbon-storing, plant-based building materials sourced from the farms, forests, and factories of rural America

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Green Dreams

Biogenic House Sections, curated by LTL Architects, explores case studies and speculative designs that use natural materials

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tallyCAT

A new Revit plugin helps architects pick building materials with less embodied carbon

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From Commitment to Call to Action

ASLA unveils framework for achieving zero emissions by 2040 through practice, equity, and advocacy

Arboreal Assist

At COP27, SOM unveils Urban Sequoia NOW, a “readily constructable,” carbon-absorbing tower

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Trimming the Excess

Concrete.ai releases beta version of tool reducing cost and carbon intensity of concrete construction

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Plasma Sell

Carlo Ratti Associati inserts a mock tokamak reactor into a historic gasholder at Maker Faire Rome

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