Ecotone’s fall 2020 release Regenerative Retrofit: California’s First Living Building is out now! Check out this Trim Tab post to learn more about Arch Nexus’ journey to retrofit their Sacramento office. And, to take an in-depth look at the Block Project, read Kim Sherman’s story about hosting a Block Home in her backyard. Two years ago, I was in the…
Arch|Nexus SAC: Leading By Example
The Arch Nexus design firm’s Sacramento office (Arch|Nexus SAC) is not only the world’s first Living Building to be an adaptive reuse of an existing building, but also the first to receive LBC 3.0 certification, the first Living Building in California, the first Living Building to be owned and operated by a design firm, and the first LEED v4 Double-Platinum…