Embracing the Passive House
Stan Gatland If there is any reliable source to confirm that the building community in the United States is beginning to embrace the passive house concept, it was the 4th Annual North American Passive...
View ArticleA Glimpse at the Future of Architecture
Purity of Division - winning project from Philadelphia University I recently judged the international ISOVER Multi-Comfort House Competition for architecture and engineering students from Philadelphia...
View ArticleMulti-Comfort House Competition – Global Event of a Lifetime
Philadelphia University students (left to right) David Cremer, Daniel Hitchko and Christopher Anderson I had the wonderful experience of accompanying the winning architecture students on a trip to...
View ArticleReshaping the Built Environment Passively
Stan Gatland The Passive House concept gained a great deal of traction over the past year and the 2010 Passive House Conference, which was held in Portland, Oregon in November, was proof of the growth...
View ArticleArchitectural Icon Marvin Malecha to Judge Saint-Gobain Multi-Comfort House...
Lucas Hamilton Each year, CertainTeed’s parent company Saint-Gobain conducts an International Multi-Comfort House Competition. This competition, now in its seventh year invites architecture and...
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