This article was adapted from a similar post on The Kendeda Fund’s Living Building Chronicle web publication. In the closing days of construction on the Southeast’s largest Living Building Challenge project, work was hitting a familiar rhythm for veteran contractors. Most tradespeople had packed up and left, but those still on the job were tying up loose ends feverishly. Much…
Living Building at Georgia Tech on Leading Edge of Biophilia Imperative
Your confusion might be excused if you stumbled one morning last August into a conference room on the Georgia Tech campus. More than 50 people sat at eight tables. Most wore casual business attire. Almost all were design or construction professionals, planning the landmark Living Building at Georgia Tech. The unusual thing was that some participants were scrutinizing sticks, bones,…