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CNU COUNCIL REPORT VII ON GREEN ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM NOVEMBER 30 – DECEMBER 2, 2007 MARCH 2008 PAGE 1 C OUN C IL REPO R T VII INSIDE Contributors Good New Bad News ................................. 2 Green Urbanism and the Long View ......... 4 ROBERT ADAM co-founded Winchester Design in 1986, which career to the building, study and promotion of traditional architec- Canons of Sustainable Architecture and became known as Robert Adam Architects in 2000. His contribution ture and urbanism. His second book, “Modernity, Modernism and Urbanism ............................................ 6 to the classical tradition is internationally acknowledged, both as a the Other Modern,” is forthcoming from W.W. Norton & Co. scholar and as a designer of traditional and progressive classical ar- The Green Mile: Aligning Firm Ideology chitecture. Adam founded the International Network for Tradi- JOHN MASSENGALE is principal of John Montague Massengale with Sustainability .............................. 8 tional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU) in 2000. He AIA Architecture & Urbanism, a collaborative practice in downtown A Convenient Remedy to the Inconvenient is a Royal Institute of British Architects councillor, and was previ- New York, and teaches at the universities of Notre Dame and Miami. Truth ................................................. 10 ously an advisor to the Commission for Architecture & the Built He has won awards for architecture, urbanism, historic preservation Environment (CABE) and English Heritage. and architectural history from a broad range of organizations and pub- The Marketing of Sustainable lications. Massengale is a board member of the Institute of Classical Communities .................................... 11 BEN BOLGAR is the director of design theory and networks at the Architecture & Classical America and chairman of CNU New York, Planning Sustainably – Without a Crystal Prince’s Foundation. His duties include the collation of intellectual and is a founding member of the Congress for the New Urbanism. Ball .................................................... 12 capital and translation into practice and the pro-active engagement of a scrutinized network of practitioners to contribute to delivering MICHAEL MEHAFFY is a sustainable development consultant A New Culture in Building ..................... 13 the Foundation’s mission. He has led multi-disciplinary design with Structura Naturalis Inc. in Portland, Ore. He also serves as Sustainability and Traditional workshops and design teams ranging in scale from new towns to coordinator of the Environmental Structure Research Group, a group Architecture ..................................... 14 single buildings focused on community and skills building. Bolgar is of researchers including prominent new urbanists. Mehaffy is co- a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Architec- founder of the Centre for Environmental Structure — Europe, and Proposed Research and Development ture Club, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and trustee of chair of the U.S. chapter of the International Network for Tradi- Priorities for the Long Emergency .... 16 INTBAU. tional Building, Architecture and Urbanism. He has written and Sustainable Urbanism .............................. 18 lectured widely on architecture and planning, and has worked on JAIME CORREA is a founding partner of Jaime Correa and As- many innovative mixed-use communities in the United States. LEED for Neighborhood Development ... 20 sociates, a collaborative urban design, town planning and architec- Viva Cities! .............................................. 21 tural practice in Miami. He is responsible for teaching and coordinat- ELIZABETH MOULE is a founding partner of Moule & Polyzoides, ing the program in suburb and town design at the University of Architects and Urbanists. Her distinguished career involves archi- Sherford .................................................... 23 Miami, where he is the Knight professor in community building. tecture, urbanism, real estate development, teaching, writing and All Green is Not Good: Sustainability by the Correa has been widely published and is the recipient of numerous civic involvement. She is a co-founder and emeritus board member Transect ............................................. 26 urban planning awards from across four continents. of the Congress for the New Urbanism. Moule has designed high- profile, award-winning sustainable projects on the building, neighbor- Light Imprint: Integrating Sustainability STEPHEN COYLE, AIA, LEED, is a founding partner of LCA hood and regional scales. She is a frequently invited public speaker with New Urbanism ......................... 28 Town Planning & Architecture, LLC and now Town Green. He has and has contributed to several books and periodicals. over 30 years of experience as an architect, town planner, urban The New Urbanism Ark: A New Environ- mental Module for the SmartCode .. 31 designer, and public facilitator for a wide range of public and private STEVE MOUZON is an architect and town planner from Miami “green,” affordable, sustainable and transit-oriented developments. Beach. He is the founding principal of New Urban Guild LLC and Why We Teach Classical and Traditional Coyle is the co-founder of the National Charrette Institute that helps a board member of the New Urban Guild Foundation. Mouzon has Architecture and Urbanism ............. 34 train professionals in the art and practice of facilitating charrettes. written and lectured extensively, and is the author of numerous books A Snapshot on the Status of including Traditional Construction Patterns: Design and Detail Rules- Architectural and Urban HANK DITTMAR is chief executive of The Prince’s Foundation of-Thumb and A Living Tradition [Architecture of the Bahamas]. for the Built Environment and has 25 years of leadership experience Design Education in 2007 ................ 36 in the fields of urban design, transportation planning and develop- PaUL MURRAIN is a freelance urban design consultant and Green on Green ....................................... 38 ment. Prior to assuming the post with The Prince’s Foundation in formerly senior design director for The Prince’s Foundation, where 2005, Dittmar served as president and CEO of Reconnecting Green Shouldn’t Mean Science Fiction – he now serves as senior fellow. He has 25 years of experience in America and was executive director of the Surface Transportation A View from Great Britain ............... 40 expert urban design advice, leading design teams, consultation and Policy Project. He is co-editor of “The New Transit Town: Best academic research projects related to new urban settlements and Original Green ......................................... 42 Practices in Transit-Oriented Development,” and chairs the CNU large-scale residential and mixed-use developments. Murrain was board. He is the 2008 recipient of the Seaside Prize. senior lecturer and course chairman at the Joint Centre for Urban Design in Oxford, England, and is co-author of Responsive Environ- ZACH DOBELBOWER is a city planner for the District of Columbia ments: A Manual For Designers. OUN C IL EPO R T focusing on the environment and sustainable development. C R VII JOHN O. NORQUIST is president and CEO of the Congress for ANDRÉS DUANY is a founding principal at Duany Plater-Zyberk The Council Report series is a publication the New Urbanism. As mayor of Milwaukee from 1988 - 2004, & Company. Since the firm first received recognition for the design by The Town Paper. Norquist drew widespread recognition for his leadership in numerous of Seaside, Fla., in 1980, DPZ has completed designs for over 300 new initiatives to revitalize and promote the livability of the city. A towns, regional plans, and community revitalization projects world- leader in national discussions of urban design and educational issues, wide. Duany has delivered hundreds of lectures and seminars; his Diane Dorney Norquist is the author of “The Wealth of Cities,” and has taught recent publications include The New Civic Art and “Suburban Nation: courses in urban policy and urban planning at several universities. Publisher The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream.” ELLEN DUNHAM-JONES is director of the Architecture Program BEN PENTREATH is an architectural and urban designer and Laurence Aurbach founder of the London firm Working Group. Pentreath has worked at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She lectures widely and is Editor the author of over 45 articles and a forthcoming book, “Retrofitting on a number of significant new developments in the United Kingdom, Suburbs.” She serves on the board of directors of the Congress for including Upton, Northhampton and Sherford. He has designed a the New Urbanism. large number of buildings at Poundbury, Dorset, and authored the design code for Crewkerne, Somerset which won a CNU Charter Claire Fleisher DOUGLAS FARR is founding principal of Farr Associates, an Award in 2004. He is co-author of Get Your House Right and is work- Copy Editor award-winning architecture and planning firm widely regarded as ing on a similar volume for the British market. one of the most sustainable design practices in the country. The firm’s Council Organizers three LEED Platinum buildings, the most of any firm globally, are ELIZABETH PLATER-ZYBERK is a founding principal of models of urban architectural sustainability. Based on the firm’s pio- Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company. She is dean of the University of
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