AEC InnovationPeople
Why a building firm would publish its doubts
Architects and builders are paid to sound certain. We think the certainty is part of the problem, so this site starts from the first line of our tenets.
Essays
Essays
Longer arguments, each with its sources. We would rather be corrected than be quiet.
CircularNet-Zero
The greenest new home may be the old house, kept
Seattle now allows four homes on most residential lots. The usual first step is to clear the lot. We think that step is usually a mistake.
Net-Zero
Solar panels are not the point. Not here, anyway.
The climate value of a solar panel depends on the power it replaces. In Seattle, that changes almost everything about what a net-zero building should be.
NaturePeople
A garden will not feed the block. Plant it anyway.
We set out to grow food on every site as a matter of food security. The evidence changed our mind about why, and left us more convinced that the garden belongs.
AEC Innovation
What the machines will have read
AI is learning to design buildings from the written record of how we already build. That record is nearly silent on reuse, repair and long life. A small firm can help fix that.