Archinect - News 2024-12-27T23:29:26-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149972473/our-architecture-works-harder-than-your-architecture-inside-the-city-of-arcosanti "Our architecture works harder than your architecture": Inside the city of Arcosanti Julia Ingalls 2016-10-06T13:03:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/85/85qdkwcyu8dul9iz.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Can cities be built not only to be harmonious with their environment, but to outperform traditional architecture? The residents of <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/77967/arcosanti" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arcosanti, Arizona</a>, which is profiled in this video excerpt from the Atlantic,&nbsp;seem to think so. Part campus, part permanent dwelling, Arcosanti embraces the concept of "arcology," or the blending of ecology and architecture, to create a holistic, tightly engineered mini-metropolis:</p><p><br><em>The City of the Future</em></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/149950494/collective-architecture-opening-new-edinburgh-office Collective Architecture opening new Edinburgh office Ellen Hancock 2016-06-09T07:55:00-04:00 >2016-06-16T00:17:59-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/wz/wz3vihnf2j45ksim.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Collective Architecture is branching out east with the official opening of a new Edinburgh office, necessitated by a growing portfolio of work across the UK stretching from the east coast to the north of England and London. Director Jude Barber said &lsquo;We are delighted that Collective Architecture continues to evolve and grow with our new studio in Edinburgh.&rdquo;</p></em><br /><br /><p>Archinect's correspondent Robert Urquhart met with Collective Architecture earlier this year in Glasgow. Uniquly run as an employee-owned trust which so far no one has ever left; the&nbsp;firm already has an impressive body of work and has now been selected as one of three architects for the City of Edinburgh Council Framework. Read Robert's full interview <a href="http://uk.archinect.com/features/article/149936854/glasgow-s-collective-architecture-finds-success-and-freedom-in-employee-ownership" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a></p>