A special issue of Architecture entitled, “Biophilic School Design for Health and Wellbeing”, Terrapin’s Bill Browning teamed up with Jim Determan of Craig Gaulden Davis Architecture to explore the results from the yearlong study of biophilic measures in a sixth grade mathematics classroom in Baltimore. Those results influenced the design of the new Bethel-Hanberry elementary […]
Every once in a great while, a completed project is even better than the architectural renderings. When that happens, it is an absolute thrill. This delight and joy is what we experienced when walking through the newly rebuilt terminal core of Portland Oregon’s PDX International Airport. PDX has for many years been the top-rated airport […]
British Columbia (BC), Canada’s westernmost province, has a centuries-old tradition of wood construction by the First Nations of the region. Their round houses and planked long houses made great use of the giant western red cedar and the fine-grained yellow cedar. For BC’s largest city, Vancouver, timber exports were the basis of its original economy. […]
| Oberlin’s Adam J. Lewis Center for Environmental Studies is a building system that demonstrates concepts from the Environmental Studies curriculum. — Read More
| The Environmental Guidelines for Battery Park City have provided a foundation for innovative ideas that improve the vision of what cities can become. — Read More
| Big-picture performance strategies for Cacique, a 686 acre site in Costa Rica slated to become a world class destination for eco-resorts and residences. — Read More
| Terrapin participated in the Task Force’s 200+ volunteers that produced a work of great specificity and depth. — Read More
| Terrapin, working in collaboration with CTG Energetics and GHT Limited, produced a greenhouse gas and energy end-use study for NGS’s headquarters campus. — Read More
| Using 30% less energy, 35% less water and other green building strategies, the Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, had highest occupancy rates of any in the brand. — Read More
| Located in downtown Santa Fe, the Inn of the Anasazi is a synthesis of social, cultural, and environmental sustainability. — Read More
| Terrapin conducted an on-site facility and systems review to identify opportunities to improve the Sasakwa Lodge systems efficiency and lower energy costs. — Read More
| Bill Browning helped the DoD create new energy strategies for increased energy efficiency, focusing on facilities and installations. — Read More
| Bill Browning and his team at Rocky Mountain Institute helped craft sustainability strategies for the new California Academy of Sciences. — Read More
| Learn more about our environmental strategy work and services by emailing us at [email protected]. Follow the conversation on twitter: @TerrapinBG. HP Bulmer Ltd is a multibillion-dollar producer of hard cider based in the United Kingdom. As a worldwide distributor, their operations have a large-scale impact. In 2002, Bill Browning was one of the leaders that facilitated a multiple-day charrette to examine […] — Read More
| The Sydney 2000 Olympic Athletes’ Village was designed to facilitate extensive ecological restoration of the native Eucalyptus Savannah and protection of the adjacent Parramatta River and Homebush Bay. — Read More
| Informed by Terrapin’s strategies and research, and drawing on elements of Cambodia’s heritage, the building expresses a modern ethic of sustainability. — Read More
| Bill Browning helped lead a joint government-private effort to improve the environmental performance of the White House complex in Washington, D.C. — Read More
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