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• 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...

• 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...

• Sandy Through Our Eyes

  Scattered among the five boroughs, New Jersey, Connecticut, and beyond, FXFOWLE employees each experienced Hurricane Sandy in a different way. We a...

• 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...

• Dateline: Baku, Azerbaijan

  Guy recently spent less than 48 hours in Baku to make a presentation to a client. Luckily, he made some time to jot down a few reflections from his...

• The Kitty Pod Hotel

  As architects, most of us spend our entire careers designing buildings, and if we are lucky it's a structure that stimulates, inspires, and contrib...

• 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...

• Down by the (Haunted) Bay

  One of the great things about living in New York City is the constant juxtaposition of old and new, trendy and timeless, now and forever. The borou...

• The Pencil vs. the Mighty Computer: Do Architects Still Draw by Hand?

  In the days of the "Ecole De Beaux-Arts," the pencil was the only tool. Now, the pencil has been replaced by the mighty computer. The transition in...

• A Stitch in Time

  Downtown Dallas is dead on a Sunday. And it's not necessarily due to vacant land.  How can otherwise robust cities use imaginative programming to ...

• Designs on Azerbaijan

  Having recently been awarded a project for a new Wellness Hotel about 120 km north of Baku in Azerbaijan last month, I had the pleasure of visitin...

• A Bird Eat Bird World

  I may be far from waking up to birdsong in the mountains of Vermont, but occasionally something reminds me that even New York City has a significan...

• 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 3

  While the previously noted geographic aspects and the conserving wildlife species are naturalist considerations for land reclamation, economic deba...

• 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...

• Artistic and Waterfront Neighborhoods, Migration and Densification

  Last weekend I walked across the Williamsburg Bridge and couldn't help but think of all the hub-bub around waterfront development. Manhattan's west...

• 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...

• 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...