How to Green an Embassy

Earlier this year, Great Britain's former foreign secretary, David Miliband, visited Beijing to foster greater dialogue between the UK and China about low carbon economic development. We — the UK — deliver more joint policy and engage in more technical and educational work with China on climate change and low carbon development than any other country. What is the value in this, however, if we are not leading by example ourselves?
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Rematerial: From Waste to Architecture

Earlier this spring we featured The Art of Solid Waste, a public art project at a solid waste transfer station in Phoenix, Arizona, by photographer Paho Mann, that illuminates the nature of what we throw away. Here architect Alejandro Bahamón and artist Maria Camilo Sanjinés spotlight an important emerging trend — the reuse of waste in works of architecture. The projects range widely in scale and material, from a hikers' refuge in the Chilean Patagonia constructed from discarded timber, to school additions in Cape Town that repurpose old tires, to a public art project assembled from old refrigerators.
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Rome's MAXXI: Force Field as Field Space

This past weekend marked the grand opening of Rome's MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts, which is being billed as the first national museum dedicated to contemporary creativity thought as a great campus dedicated to culture, a laboratory of experiment, study and research. The museum itself was designed by the noted Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, whose design was chosen from more 272 entries allegedly because of her ability to integrate the space into the existing urban fabric. In Hadid's view, densities are distributed around an open campus, which is navigated on the basis of directional drifts. "This is indicative of the character of the center as a whole," notes the architect, "porous, immersive — a field space."
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Loose Canon

The curators have ambitiously organized the Cooper-Hewitt's latest triennial around several categories: Energy, Mobility, Community, Materials, Prosperity, Health, Communication, Simplicity. If that's not overwhelming, I would like to know what vitamins you are taking.
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WEEKLY EMAIL: JUNE 03, 2010
FEATURED THIS WEEK : ZARA ARSHAD How to Green an Embassy Earlier this year, Great Britain's former foreign secretary, David Miliband, visited Beijing to foster greater dialogue between the UK and China about low carbon economic development. We — the UK — deliver more joint policy and engage in more technical and educational work with China on climate change and low carbon development than any other country. What is the value in this, however, if we are not leading by example ourselves? READ MORE
PLACES : ALEJANDRO BAHAMóN, MARIA CAMILA SANJINéS Rematerial: From Waste to Architecture Earlier this spring we featured The Art of Solid Waste, a public art project at a solid waste transfer station in Phoenix, Arizona, by photographer Paho Mann, that illuminates the nature of what we throw away. Here architect Alejandro Bahamón and artist Maria Camilo Sanjinés spotlight an important emerging trend — the reuse of waste in works of architecture. The projects range widely in scale and material, from a hikers' refuge in the Chilean Patagonia constructed from discarded timber, to school additions in Cape Town that repurpose old tires, to a public art project assembled from old refrigerators. READ MORE OBSERVATORY : JESSICA HELFAND Rome's MAXXI: Force Field as Field Space This past weekend marked the grand opening of Rome's MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts, which is being billed as the first national museum dedicated to contemporary creativity thought as a great campus dedicated to culture, a laboratory of experiment, study and research. The museum itself was designed by the noted Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, whose design was chosen from more 272 entries allegedly because of her ability to integrate the space into the existing urban fabric. In Hadid's view, densities are distributed around an open campus, which is navigated on the basis of directional drifts. "This is indicative of the character of the center as a whole," notes the architect, "porous, immersive — a field space." READ MORE CHANGE OBSERVER : DOMINIQUE BROWNING Loose Canon The curators have ambitiously organized the Cooper-Hewitt's latest triennial around several categories: Energy, Mobility, Community, Materials, Prosperity, Health, Communication, Simplicity. If that's not overwhelming, I would like to know what vitamins you are taking. READ MORE OBSERVATORY : ERIC BAKER Today, 05.28.10 Here are Today's images. READ MORE		BECOME A FAN ON FACEBOOK \| FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AUDIO: DESIGN MATTERS ARCHIVE Dan Pink Dan Pink is an entrepreneur, speaker and author. Listen >> More Design Matters Archive >> CHANGE OBSERVER: PROJECT ARCHIVE St. Augustine School Chicken Project Report on the sustainability program at St. Augustine parochial school in the South Bronx. READ MORE OBSERVATORY ARCHIVE Cock-a-Doodle Don't Industrial Ruins Figure/Ground PLACES ARCHIVE: WINTER 2000 Portfolio: Uneasy Spaces New York City photographer Elizabeth Felicella focuses on what she calls "landscape of security." READ MORE CHANGE OBSERVER: RESOURCES Academic Programs >> Competitions >> Conferences & Events >> Fellowships & Prizes >> Organizations >> Programs & Initiatives >> Publications & Websites >> Social Networks >> RECENT BOOKS RECEIVED Above the Pavement - the Farm! Amale Andraos & Dan Wood Street Value Rosten Woo, Meredith TenHoor & Damon Rich Shedworking Alex Johnson
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