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Explore job opportunities involving passive house design

2024-01-18T13:22:00-05:00

Dive into this week's curated job roundup as we spotlight eight architecture firms on the lookout for architects and designers experienced or interested in passive house design.

To learn more about previous coverage explore our 2017 op-ed piece from Zack Semke "How Passive House Design Can Propel the Clean Energy Transition in Architecture" and a previous interesting job piece highlighting how passive house design can shape one's career. And for a fun yet related pop culture reference see how passive house design plays a thematic role in the hit Showtime TV series, The Curse, starring Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone.

The Musial Group Architects is hiring a Project Architect and Architectural Designer
Location: Mountainside, NJ

Project Architect details: The Musial Group, specializing in public sector architecture in the tristate area, is seeking a Project Architect with 10-15 years of experience for diverse projects including civic, educational, and residential buildings. The role inv...

Foster + Partners publishes a sustainability manifesto at COP25

2019-12-06T18:00:00-05:00

London-based architecture practice Foster + Partners recently announced its goal to "outline a holistic sustainable approach" towards its projects as a way to measure "embodied and operational carbon in each project." Aiming to use their international stature and design prowess to catalyze the awareness and application of sustainable design principles, the firm outlines their commitment to the goals of the Paris Agreement below.

"Over the last five years, drawing on the practice’s experience, expertise and in collaboration with others, Foster + Partners has created a unique system that can effectively determine carbon emissions at every project stage. This process gives greater insight into the different aspects that affect the environmental impact of a project and provides tools to mitigate and lower their carbon content.

As part of the COP25, the practice has been invited to present this methodology and tools by UNFCCC, UN Environment and the European Commission at their respectiv...

"Graphing Parking" charts out of whack U.S. minimum parking regulations

2013-08-28T13:38:00-04:00

Reforming parking policy is an urgent imperative which could have significant positive effects on the natural environment, our cities, the economy, and our society. For many issues, from affordable housing to carbon emissions, it is an obvious solution that has remained hidden in plain sight for too long.

Architect Seth Goodman has taken it upon himself to expose how dramatically parking plays a role in planning, through a series of nifty infographics that show just how much parking space is allotted for a given institution or destination. Inspired by Donald Shoup's The High Cost of Free Parking as a student at Rice University, Goodman has created five different charts comparing a city’s minimal parking space regulations to the square footage of the institution that the parking accommodates, such as a restaurant or office space. The results show an amazing inconsistency regarding how much space is devoted to parking across different cities.

In the above graphic, pitting “Worship Space vs. Parking Space”, the national average for a worship space (6,000 ft2) is compared to the square footage devoted to parking at said space of worship. Fresno, California clocks in at 32,500 ft2 of parking for an average worship space, whereas San Francisco has only a tenth of that, at 3,250. Ke...