The awareness has increased significantly regarding homes that can achieve a zero carbon footprint and still retain a comfortable living atmosphere.Some of these homes are entries in the last few years in the Solar Decathlon,a biennial ...
Tags: solar, sustainable, US, contest
The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) has acquired its campus located in the Arts District on the eastern edge of downtown Los Angeles. At 1,250 feet (381 m) in length, the unique freight depot building is so long, ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, SCI-Arc, The campus purchase
The Southern California Institute of Architecture(SCI-Arc)announced that China-based Hanwha Solar made a$350,000 cash gift to the SCI-Arc/Caltech entry to the U.S.Department of Energy's 2011 solar Decathlon.This is one of the largest cash ...
Tags: Hanwha Solar, SCI-Arc, solar energy, the U.S.DOE
The Southern California Institute of Architecture(SCI-Arc)announced Rawhide by Los Angeles-based architect and SCI-Arc alumnus Jason Payne(B.Arch'94),on view in the SCI-Arc Gallery from July 29 through September 11,2011.Rawhide explores ...
Tags: New Shingle Style, Southern California Institute of Architecture
The Southern California Institute of Architecture(SCI-Arc)announced that 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize winning architect Thom Mayne of Morphosis has been elected a SCI-Arc Trustee. "Thom Mayne is the quintessential SCI-Arc ...
Tags: California, Thom Mayne, SCI-Arc, Morphosis Architects, AIA, Architecture