This article has been written as a team effort . We wanted to use the opportunity to have a discussion about sustainability and green buildings that spanned across our design practice studios
// The selection for the buildings arose from a discussion between :
We decided to select buildings based on what has inspired us throughout our careers as architects and engineers , buildings we have admired , that struck a chord with us and shaped our experience and interest rather the most famous or the greenest , as this ultimately is part of the conversation . How green is green ?
Ivinghoe , Buckinghamshire
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This article has been written as a team effort . We wanted to use the opportunity to have a discussion about sustainability and green buildings that spanned across our design practice studios
// The selection for the buildings arose from a discussion between :
Simon Bennet
Director of the Structural Engineering Studio
Nicole Portieri
Design Director of the Commercial Studio
Peter Prescott
Associate Director of the Design Delivery Studio
We decided to select buildings based on what has inspired us throughout our careers as architects and engineers , buildings we have admired , that struck a chord with us and shaped our experience and interest rather the most famous or the greenest , as this ultimately is part of the conversation . How green is green ?
Ford End Watermill
Ivinghoe , Buckinghamshire
- Built primarily with sustainable , recyclable , and compostable materials ( timber )
- Zero carbon emissions from its process .
- Long service life ( at least 1787 to 1963 )
- Now a museum
Why choose it ? Because it demonstrates why we now have to think hard about green issues . In years past , our technology was much greener . Now we are trying to reduce the environmental impact of our inherently nongreen modern technologies . Should we be learning from the past more ?
JULY 2018