What is a "healthy building?" In a world dealing with simultaneous crises in public health and the environment, this article offers actionable methods for our industry to address the manifestation of both problems in our built environment.
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The New York Times featured a One South First resident's experience of the affordable housing lottery: "Moving in was a breathtaking experience...I’m never going to take this building for granted. I use all the amenities.”
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We are pleased to share One South First has earned a Merit Award at the 2023 AIANY Design Awards! Congratulations to the entire team for your commitment to excellence.
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This holiday season, we appreciate the gift of awe:
"There is scientific evidence that the experiences of Awe is...robust enough to identify Awe as a bona fide pattern."
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As we enter the longest night of the year, we express gratitude for the light in our life and the happiness it brings us all. Wishing everyone peace and light this holiday season, from your friends at COOKFOX.
“What if there’s a way that we can end up thinking and feeling and knowing that we are coming from nature, that we’re a part of nature, instead of just thinking: What can we use it for?”
Read more here: nytimes.com/2022/12/15/arts/…
Thanks to the tireless efforts and well-researched inquiries of our studio members, COOKFOX's report on Forced Labor in the Built Environment is now live on Building Green!
Read here: buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/…
“Right at the moment [designers] prove the building façade system will work, they’re rendered completely useless.” An exciting new program offers solutions to construction waste to imagine a circular building economy: nytimes.com/2022/11/29/busin…
In an age of constant disaster, what does it mean to rebuild?
NYT Magazine asks this question in their most recent issue: nytimes.com/2022/11/10/magaz…
At COOKFOX, building for resilience is a core aspect of our design ethos in our pursuit of a more regenerative and just future.
Read about the use of all-terrain wheelchairs and their increasing presence in State Parks via the Washington Post: lnkd.in/eDyJMz9X
Good design can improve quality of life and create equity. Everyone deserves to benefit from a relationship to nature!
There is still time to vote! The Betances Residence film is a finalist in this year's #AIAFilmChallenge People's Choice Award. Created by Bilyana Dimitrova, the film features our first #PassiveHouse project, a supportive residence in The Bronx. Vote here: bit.ly/3QzeMLg