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...take lighting. The building employs the latest in efficient technology, including tiny sensors that adjust office illumination depending on whether or not people are actually using the room and how much light is streaming in through the windows. But beyond that, "Everything we did took lighting into account," says architect Randy Croxton, who also designed the National Resources Defense Council building. "The height of work stations, the color of paint on the walls, the orientation of windows and corridors -- all were designed to optimize lighting strategy." Moreover, the lighting isn't homogeneous, the way it is in most offices...
Locating the right materials has become easier too. The AIA now publishes an Environmental Resource Guide. And architect Paul Bierman-Lytle, a specialist in building environmentally sensitive homes, has put together an alternative building-products catalog that lists more than 2,600 materials and technologies. More recently he helped establish an eco-mall for environmental construction materials. First begun in 1981 as a mail-order business, Environmental Construction Outfitters now has a 5,000-sq.-ft. loft in New York City that showcases everything from natural carpeting and cork flooring to solar energy, cotton insulation and environmental paints. The emporium...
William McDonough, consulting architect for the Wal-Mart project and one of the most visionary of the green designers, thinks environmental consciousness is not merely a new constraint on his profession, but has the potential to create a new aesthetic. It was the unfortunate coincidence of cheap oil and the ability to fabricate large sheets of glass, he argues, that led to the "modern" office buildings pioneered by architects like Mies van der Rohe in the 1950s. Architectural movements since then -- notably postmodernism -- have been purely superficial, decorative responses to that style. "That's why this movement is so exciting...
...architect of the project, Moshe Safure, also addressed the audience. Safure said he designed the building to be a manifestation of the Jewish presence at Harvard...
...cement block towers inspire much dismay among those who revere refinement, say residents. "Being an architect, I'm very glad I live in old," says Kohn. "Nonetheless, anywhere in Leverett is a fun place to live."CrimsonClaudia LioredaA view of a Leverett House building from inside the courtyard...