November 9, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Last year I had the honor of introducing the prominent green developer Jonathan F. P. Rose, and I put it this way: “I may be an advocate for sustainabi… Continue reading
August 3, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Innovative architect and urban thinker Peter Calthorpe has directly and indirectly been a huge influence on the field of sustainable communities, particularly with respect… Continue reading
August 26, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
The quote in today’s title comes from Alex Steffen, or more accurately from Steffen as presented in a terrific article on Treehugger by Lloyd Alter, summari… Continue reading
March 28, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
The architecture firm Farr Associates, the Chicago Architecture Foundation, and the US Green Building Council have produced a fantastic exhibit on how to create gre… Continue reading
September 20, 2010
by Kaid Benfield
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California-based architect and co-founder of new urbanism Peter Calthorpe was one of my early inspirations for getting into this field. Reading Peter’s work in the mid-1990s, I felt for the first time that I had a positive vision to advocate as a… Continue reading
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