2008 Reinvention

2008: Mind the Gap: Focus on Affordability

• special summit: can green and affordable coexist?

  Can affordable and green co-exist?

   

• sustainable by design: the golden rules behind green construction

  How to can achieve efficiency with simple, commonsense solutions.

   

• reinventing the pattern book

  Edward M. Binkley, AIA, of BSB Design; Charles Lazor of Lazor Office; and Russell Versaci, AIA, of Russell Versaci Architecture share how their respective firms are formulating new ways of delivering affordable housing using some of the elements of the pattern book approach.

   

• oh, say can you llc?: alternative models in residential practice

  Attendees hear three successful firms talk about their unusual practice models.

   

• shelter lab: architects' personal case studies in residential design

  Edward M. Binkley, AIA, Randy Brown, FAIA, LEED AP, and Eric Naslund, FAIA, discuss the ways they experimented with their own homes and how their experimentation—largely on the cheap—informed later projects.

   

• is modular really more affordable?

  Michelle Kaufmann, AIA, LEED AP, gives insights into the relative affordability—or not—of modular houses.

   

• developing your own building

  Luis Ibarra and Teresa Rosano, RA, LEED AP, began their breakout session by explain how and why they develop their own projects in addition to doing custom work.

   

• changing the paradigm: alternative methods in residential design and construction

  Three different approaches to bridging the gap between architect-designed custom homes and what the majority of home buyers can afford.

   

• shelter and delight: improving the livability, affordability, and sustainability of america's housing

  David Baker, FAIA, LEED AP, knows the difficulty—and necessity—of providing shelter and delight on a budget.

   

• inside reinvention 2008

  staff report on the sessions and special events at the magazine's fifth annual symposium.