Architecture & Design: Building Better Builders

I had the pleasure of attending the Festival of the Building Arts at the National Building Museum last weekend. It was a huge affair, with dozens of tables filled with craftworkers, builders, and masons plying their wares and giving kids opportunities to make and repair virtually everything under the sun.

One of the principal exhibitions at the NBM is the Green House, promoting sustainable development and eco-friendly technologies for all. Anything that promotes the ideas of renewable resources and efficient building practices among the next generations of buyers, sellers, and builders is something I support. Given that the current crop of up-and-coming architects are employing Green trends in their new designs, it's essential to impart the principles of building smartly and for the future while we can.

We can't afford a world consumed by cookie-cutter McMansions that waste land, cost thousands to maintain, and require acres of urban sprawl just to maintain living standards. We have to do better than that.

(Image courtesy of The Community Greenhouse.)

Posted at October 10, 2006 03:21 PM

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I had the pleasure of attending the Festival of the Building Arts at the National Building Museum last weekend. It was a huge affair, with dozens of tables filled with craftworkers, builders, and masons plying their wares and giving kids opportunities to make and repair virtually everything under the sun. One of the principal exhibitions at the NBM is the Green House, promoting sustainable development and eco-friendly technologies for all. Anything that promotes the ideas of renewable resources and efficient building practices among the next generations of buyers, sellers, and builders is something I support. Given that the current crop of up-and-coming architects are employing Green trends in their new designs, it's essential to impart the principles of building smartly and for the future while we can. We can't afford a world consumed by cookie-cutter McMansions that waste land, cost thousands to maintain, and require acres of urban sprawl just to maintain living standards. We have to do better than that. (Image courtesy of The Community Greenhouse.)