March 2, 2012
by Reduce
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’100 Mile House’ Contest Calls for Truly Local Building

You’ve heard of living local, but the Architecture Foundation of British Columbia (AFBC) is taking the idea to a new, sustainable level with a community challenge. The challenge; build a four person, 1,200 square foot home that exclusively uses materials that have been recycled or manufactured less than 100 miles from Vancouver. The grand prize; [...] Continue reading

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February 22, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Can US communities learn from this European suburban retrofit?

Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
 
In 2008, the substantially updated town center of Plessis-Robinson, a suburb of Paris, was named “the best urban neighborhood built in the last 25 years&rdqu… Continue reading

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