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Building Performance Database Helps Building Owners, Investors Evaluate Energy Efficient Buildings
A new database of building features and energy use data helps building managers, owners, real estate investors, and lenders evaluate the financial results of energy efficiency investment projects and identify high and low-performing buildings.

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design launches ’Extreme IDEAS’ series
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design (A.UD) will carry the narrative of modern architecture in Los Angeles forward from its influential past to the future with " Extreme IDEAS: Architecture at the Int

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design announces events for spring 2013
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design presents a series of public events this spring, including lectures and exhibitions.

U of T's Mason White and Lateral Office at Venice Biennale
An exhibition organized and curated by Assistant Professor Mason White and the design company Lateral Office will represent Canada at the 2014 Venice Biennale in Architecture.

Exhibition at UCLA celebrates alternative, independent architectural publishing
The contemporary alternative architectural press, edited and written by architects, artists and students, provides new and exciting platforms for commentary, criticism and research into the spaces we inhabit and the practice of architecture.

Under Stanford’s transplant program, trees flourish in new homes
Stanford Report, March 14, 2013 Since 1996, Stanford has transplanted 1,048 trees on campus, including oaks, olives, redwoods, pines and cedars, providing shade for people, habitats for birds and squirrels, and landscapes that help new buildings "settle into" their environs.

Organizations need new architectures to remain competitive
Increasingly dynamic and complex business environments necessitate a retooling of hierarchical organizational schemes, according to research co-authored by Penn State Smeal College of Business Charles Snow.

Big Energy Savings in The New York Times Building
Designing a building holistically, and making sure that its components and systems work together according to design intent, can pay big dividends in energy savings and occupant satisfaction, accordi

En]Coding Architecture 2013" at Carnegie Mellon Presents Experimental Work Through Computational Thinking and Digital Fabrication
: Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 / pwigley [a] andrew.cmu (p) edu PITTSBURGH-[En]Coding Architecture 2013 at Carnegie Mellon University is a conference focused on the paradigm shift in architecture and the role of the architect/designer in a new age.

The Human Side of the Energy Equation
If your utility company were to send you a letter challenging you to use less energy than your neighbors, would you respond?

The techiest playground in school: UCLA’s Technology Sandbox
Math Sciences 4328 looks like something out of a “Mission Impossible” set.

$1.4 million Mellon grant will support collaborative studies in urbanism

Renovation of 5757 S. University Ave. enters new phase
Work is underway on the next phase of a project for the adaptive reuse of 5757 S. University Ave., which the University of Chicago is renovating for the building's new role as a destination for economics scholars worldwide.