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• FXCollaborative's Office is LEED Platinum!

  FXCollaborative's new office officially achieved LEED Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council! The space, located in JEMB Realty's 1 Willoughby...

• The Statue of Liberty Museum Receives 2021 Green GOOD DESIGN Award

  The Statue of Liberty Museum has been recognized for its sustainable architectural design with a 2021 Green GOOD DESIGN Award from the Chicago Athe...

• Earth Day 2021

  Happy Earth Day! Every April 22, Earth Day is celebrated to demonstrate support for environmental protection. For 2021, FXCollaborative shared a se...

• Work From Home: Unintended Consequences

  FXCollaborative's sustainability workgroup Team Green celebrated Earth Day 2020 by sharing personal observations on the unintended consequences of ...

• Daniel Piselli Promoted to Director of Sustainability

  We are pleased to announce that Senior Associate Daniel (Dan) Piselli, AIA, LEED AP, CPHD, has been promoted to Director of Sustainability. He succ...

• One Billion Oysters for Sustainability

  A group of FXFOWLE staff took a trip out to Governors Island, where students of the Harbor School shared the important mission of the Billion Oyste...

• FXFOWLE Revitalizes Wards Island Farm

  FXFOWLE spent an afternoon outdoors on Wards Island farming in partnership with Project EATS and New York Cares. As a corporate sponsor of New York...

• Making Space for Success

  In gathering my thoughts to write this blog post I reflected upon the moments when I felt that I had achieved "success." This led me to question th...

• LEED v4

  FXFOWLE is no stranger to the U.S. Green Building Council's green building rating system, LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. C...

• Reflections from Greenbuild

  Last week, our office hosted a "PechaKucha" style debrief, inviting any staff who attended last year's Greenbuild to share their experience and imp...

• Seaport City: 2409

  Every so often, ideas, events, and schedules come together so nicely, one might consider the moment serendipitous. The culmination of FXFOWLE's Gre...

• Green April: Contemplating a Paperless Architectural Office

  Immediately following the April 1st announcement of PAPERCUT as the 2013 FXFOWLE Green April initiative, all paper in the office collected for recy...

• Bird Safety Legislation Slowly Taking Flight

  The last two years have seen significant progress on the prevention of bird mortality caused by collisions with buildings. Courts, lawmakers, plann...

• Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant

  This past week, as part of FXFOWLE's Green October focus on materials, Bill Walsh, Executive Director of the Healthy Building Network, came to the ...

• Green Graphics: A New Leaf

  After a good 5+ year run, the FXFOWLE Sustainability Brochure was ready for a makeover. As Graphics Manager, I have been collaborating with Team Gr...

• Spring Greening

  "Green April," FXFOWLE's month-long celebration of sustainability and sustainable design, has now ended. Events and educational programs throughout...

• Living Green: Part I

  FXFOWLE was founded over 34 years ago and is deeply rooted in conservationist values. Today, our projects continue to set new standards in environm...

• Haiti: Mission Possible

  Recently, I was fortunate enough to combine two of my passions: mentoring high school students and helping Haiti move forward in its recovery. This...

• Zoning the City

  In mid November I attended the "ZONING THE CITY: Addressing NYC's 21st Century Challenges" conference, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the pa...

• Mr. Stein's Green

  No, not Ben Stein's money, Carl Stein's Greening Modernism: Preservation, Sustainability and the Modern Movement. The green guru (he's been working...

• Death by Plastic

  Green October, a month-long campaign to increase awareness of waste among FXFOWLE staff, kicked–off early this month with a special lecture b...

• Building the Ground, Part 4

  With this post I conclude my investigation with a look at cultural considerations governing the American and Danish understandings and relationsh...

• Building the Ground, Part 1

  Team Green, FXFOWLE's in-house workgroup, is a key resource for researching the latest technologies and advancements in sustainable design. The gro...

• Tuning into ASHRAE 90.1

  I've been lollygagging on studying for my LEED exam so when I heard there was going to be a panel discussing ASHRAE 90.1, which provides a minimum ...

• ACE Mentoring

  FXFOWLE completed a successful year participating in the esteemed Architecture, Construction and Engineering Mentoring Program (ACE). Since its con...

• Green Death?

  If you've ever been involved in planning a funeral you understand how surreal the whole process can be. No, not like an episode of Six Feet Under, ...

• On the Ground at the AIA Convention: Day 2

  Day 2 of the AIA National Convention was a chilling experience. By that I mean that the Convention Center operator finally found the "on" button fo...

• On the Ground at the AIA Convention: Day 1

  Greetings from Miami Beach where the activity at the AIA Convention is as hot as the weather.  Although I have no official information, it appears...

• Buildings for the Birds

  Recently, Glenn Phillips, Executive Director of the New York City Audubon Society, lectured on bird-safe buildings, a near and dear subject to the ...

• The Impact and Importance of New York's New Green Building Legislation

  Last December, New York City passed the legislative component of its landmark Greener, Greater Buildings Plan to improve energy efficiency in large...

• Looking Back on the City We Imagined and Made

  Last Friday, I stopped by the latest exhibition presented by The Architectural League, The City We Imagined.  I mainly went to check out the photo...

• Architecture As Public Policy Around The World

  Recently, I returned from a trip to Asia, where I spoke at the 2010 Think Green Global Forum, an international sustainability conference. Supported...