“Designer revives old ideas in new, greener buildings”
Building green means everything old is new again.
Christopher Hume, Toronto Star, 25 January 2010
Christopher Hume, Toronto Star, 25 January 2010
The Future is a Bubble – the “Climate Capsules” Exhibition in Hamburg
Oases made of plastic, tent fashions, floating islands and cloud cities – the Hamburg exhibition “Climate Capsules” has assembled 30 strategies for living and survival in the face of a climate catastrophe. Curated by Friedrich von Borries.
"Bound for the Venice biennale"
Hylozoic Ground: Philip Beesley's experiment with architecture that lives CBC.ca 15 July 2010
The New Grand Tour: Greetings from twenty-first-century Europe where new ideas, new technologies, and better ways of living are flourishing
by Chris Turner, The Walrus, May 2010
2009 Best Tall Building Americas - Manitoba Hydro Place
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects and Transsolar’s iconic new C$278 million headquarters of the fourth largest energy utility in Canada opened its doors on 360 Portage Avenue in downtown Winnipeg.
“Transsolar’s work highlighting opportunities in a world without oil”
German climate engineering firm designs building that can be used without any incoming energy.
Axiom News, 20 January 2010
The Nature of Things with David Suzuki: Living City: A Critical Guide
What’s wrong with Canada’s cities? What’s right? Award-winning urban affairs columnist Christopher Hume takes a cross-country journey from Halifax to Vancouver. Hume interviews leaders of ambitious projects like KPMB architect Bruce Kuwabara on his Manitoba Hydro Place in cooperation with Germany’s Transsolar.
CBC, 11 February 2009
The Nature of Things with David Suzuki: The Suzuki Diaries
“Germany is the third largest industrialized nation in the world, and they’re going towards a future where all of their electricity comes from renewable energy.” David and his daughter Sarika embark on an amazing journey that takes them to Germany, Denmark, France and Spain in search of sustainability in action.
CBC, 18 November 2008
C40 Cities - Climate Leadership Group
C40 is a group of large cities committed to tackling climate change. The current chair of the C40 is Mayor David Miller of Toronto.
