A Sustainable Campus

The north elevation. By using passive solar design, indigenous materials, geothermal energy, enhanced air quality, energy and water efficiency, and sustainable landscape design, the project stands for the idea that resources are finite and that building design should respond to this fact. The College conducts tours for students, professionals, and the community to explain the sustainable features of the building

Library/classroom building combines sustainable architectural and landscape practices

The goal of Langara College is to create a sustainable campus that demonstrates environmental responsibility and stewardship for the student body and the community. (more…)

LEED Gold rating begins with space efficiency

The office shows a sense of visual and physical economy that is emerging as the hallmarks of sustainable interior design.

It is reassuring to those who live in fear of a global architectural monoculture that one of the world’s largest firms chooses to build its design philosophy around literary quotations that celebrate the individual and the idiosyncratic. (more…)