Yesterday, while reorganizing my makeshift home library (books balanced on windowsills, stacked under grow lights, you know how it goes), I stumbled across my dog-eared copy of "The Biophilia Hypothesis"…
I was standing in the abandoned lobby of what used to be a premier rehabilitation centre in downtown Portland last Tuesday, watching sunlight stream through cracked skylights onto water-stained marble…
Walking through a material innovation lab last Tuesday, I couldn't help but grin at the irony. Here I was, examining a sample of mycelium-based insulation that looked disturbingly like the…
Walking through the Construct trade show in Las Vegas last month, I couldn't help but notice how different the exhibition halls looked compared to even five years ago. Where vendors…
Last weekend I caught myself lecturing a sales associate at a furniture store about formaldehyde emissions in their “natural” bedroom set. Poor guy probably thought I was nuts. But when…
Yesterday I found myself standing on a client's roof at 6 AM, thermometer in hand, measuring surface temperatures that would make you question everything you thought you knew about roofing…
My contractor buddy Jake called me last Thursday with what he thought was a simple question: "Hey, what's the deal with bamboo furniture? This client's asking about it, and I…
Walking through the lobby of the renovated Ponce City Market in Atlanta last spring, I couldn't help but marvel at how they'd transformed what was once a deteriorating Sears warehouse…
Walking through a furniture showroom last month, I couldn't help but laugh at the irony. Here I am, someone who's spent years analyzing building materials for their environmental impact, and…
I’ve been standing outside this half-demolished Victorian for like twenty minutes now, watching these demo guys take a sledgehammer to what’s probably an original mantelpiece, and honestly? I’m getting weirdly…