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  Tree Magic - The Overstory

  • Article by Valerie Block

  In this Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Richard Powers a series of fables is woven through a narrative populated by an expansive cast of unlikely characters, trees paramount among them; one a giant redwood named Mimas. Redwoods can live for thousands of years and grow to well over 300 feet tall.

  February 25, 2021
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  Talking Trees & Timber: In Buildings, Facades and Urban Habitat

  • Article by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP+, SKINS Executive Editor

  Okay, okay; I have a tree-thing going on. This issue was supposed to be about green facades, but it morphed on me as I laid it out. But here’s the thing: if you don’t have a tree-thing going on, you should. I read The Overstory (graciously reviewed here by our Val Block) followed by a viewing of...

  February 24, 2021
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  Kinetic Shading Systems

  • Paper by Alireza Jahanara, Negar Kalantar,

  This study focuses on experiments in kinetics and architectural skins. More extensively, it introduces a solution for environmental design issues and…

  March 14, 2018