Posts Tagged ‘tempe transportation center’

April 11, 2011

A Different View on Shade

by: Mick Dalrymple

Tweet Today’s post is by Mick Dalrymple giving us multiple, holistic strategies to protect ourselves and our buildings from the upcoming summer heat! Mick Dalrymple, MIM, MBA, LEED AP BD+C and HOMES, BPI is the ASU project manager for Energize Phoenix, a $25MM federally-funded program to upgrade the downtown Phoenix core for significant energy efficiency savings. Dalrymple launched into the green building and sustainability movement in 2001 as a pro-active response to U.S. national security and energy supply issues. He co-founded the Arizona Chapter of the US Green Building Council and recently completed two terms on the national board. His…

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Tweet Today’s post is a continuation of yesterday’s – a conversation with architect John Kane, the principal of Architekton who was behind the sustainable and beautiful Tempe Transportation Center and the audacious and amazing Tempe Center for the Arts. If you missed Part I, catch it here. Most big-name architects have a big ego and downplay collaboration.  Not John Kane. This is what he has to say about it: “The idea of how to work collaboratively is a really fun one.  How to include the consultants and the clients much earlier on in the process to do sustainable projects (is…

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Tweet On the 24th of March, I spoke with Architekton principal, John Kane at his fabulous Downtown Tempe office.  Below is part I of our conversation: The architect who’s influenced John most: “In the early days, Zaha Hadid was one of my heroes.  She still is one of my heroes.  But I think she’s the one, when I was in school, the profession was going one way and she kind of shook it all up. I think I’ve always admired that kind of panache and the excitement in the way she works and the art of the whole thing.” His…

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Tweet On the 24th of March, I spoke with Architekton principal, John Kane at his fabulous Downtown Tempe office.  Below is part I of our conversation: The architect who’s influenced John most: “In the early days, Zaha Hadid was one of my heroes.  She still is one of my heroes.  But I think she’s the one, when I was in school, the profession was going one way and she kind of shook it all up. I think I’ve always admired that kind of panache and the excitement in the way she works and the art of the whole thing.” His…

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