Quartz featured a piece on Harvard HouseZero today, praising the building as a “locus of high tech architecture.” The author writes about HouseZero as an “alternative to sealed buildings,” noting that its new window system isRead More
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Fast Company: The home of the future is the one you’re already living in
Fast Company published an article advocating for the improvement of existing structures. “If we stand a chance against climate catastrophe,” the article reads, “architects, engineers, and the buildings they create will necessarily play a hugeRead More
moreMetropolis Magazine: Harvard Opens Prototype for Super-Sustainable Retrofits
Metropolis Magazine published an article featuring CGBC’s newly unveiled HouseZero. Ali Malkawi, founder and leader of the HouseZero project was interviewed and quoted. He explains that his goal was to design a building “that thinksRead More
moreMalkawi to serve on 2019 Master Jury for Aga Khan Award for Architecture
The members of the Master Jury for the 2017-2019 Cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced today. The Jury, which independently selects the recipients of the US$ 1 million Award, will conveneRead More
moreHarvard CGBC Unveils First-of-its-Kind HouseZero Lab & Prototype
The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) announced today the completion of HouseZero, the retrofitting of its headquarters in a pre-1940s building in Cambridge intoRead More
moreHarvard Gazette: A model of efficiency
Today, Harvard Gazette, the official news website for Harvard University, announced the completion of Harvard HouseZero, an ambitious living laboratory and energy-positive prototype for ultra-efficiency. The piece features several animations that explain how HouseZero regulatesRead More
moreCurbed: Harvard HouseZero wants to revolutionize green building
Today, Curbed featured Harvard HouseZero, CGBC’s ambitious retrofit of a decades-old building and lab for energy-efficient design. The article notes that unlike other strict building standards which seek to seal off the environment to achieveRead More
moreDezeen: Ultra-efficient HouseZero at Harvard University is completed
Today, Dezeen published a piece on Harvard HouseZero, noting its completion and highlighting several photos of the building. The article notes that the primary goal of the project was to create a “highly configurable, data-drivenRead More
moreArchitectural Record: Harvard Reveals Its Ultra-Energy-Efficient CGBC
Today, Architectural Record profiled the CGBC’s recently completed headquarters in a former single-family residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The article emphasizes that the structure is more than just office space. Rather, its intended to function asRead More
moreFast Company: Harvard’s new HouseZero showcases efficiency retrofits
Fast Company profiled the CGBC’s newly completed HouseZero project, heralding its transformation from old house to ultra-efficient sustainable building. The piece highlights HouseZero as a prototype of a solution to a major problem: buildings inRead More
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