McLennan Design was formed with a clear overarching purpose – to make significant positive change in the world, with a particular focus on deep green, regenerative design solutions as our means. We exist to be change agents, using design and consulting as a powerful tool for transformation.
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McLennan Design Forms Strategic Partnership with Biohabitats
Both Biohabitats and McLennan Design look to nature's principles for guidance in design and in defining success. With our focus on the built environment and Biohabitats' expertise in the natural systems that exist in and around it, this partnership has the...
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Heron Hall 100th Project Worldwide to Achieve Living Building Challenge Certification
"This is more than just a home for Jason and his family. This is yet another story showcasing how Living Buildings are creating resiliency at all scales. Being the first residential Living certified building in our home state is significant - an...
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Interiors + Sources Interviews Jason F. McLennan: the Best Kind of Troublemaker
It’s all part of a theory of change to use transparency as a tool. Giving structure and platforms for transparency creates consistency in definitions and terms and a way to showcase it. Each [label] is a tool for transparency. Jenna Lippin interviews Jason F. McLennan...
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Nightingale Awards’ Best of Competition Winner, Mohawk Group’s and McLennan Design’s Lichen Collection, featured by Healthcare Design
Healthcare Design’s Nightingale Awards presented Mohawk Group and McLennan Design with the 2017 Best of Competition award for their collaboration on the modular plank carpeting Lichen Collection. Editor in Chief of Healthcare Design magazine, Jennifer...
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Mohawk Group’s Lichen line by McLennan Design Captures Best of Competition at the Healthcare Design Expo & Conference
Mohawk Group’s Lichen line by McLennan Design captured two prestigious Nightingale Awards at the Healthcare Design Expo & Conference: best of competition and gold in the carpet category. Held at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Nov....
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McLennan Design Receives 2017 FSC Leadership Award
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the world’s leading forest certification system, announced its 2017 FSC Leadership Awards in a celebration at Greenbuild. Recognizing enduring commitment to forest conservation, the award shines a light on people,...
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Heron Hall is Featured as Architectural Record’s House of the Month
Heron Hall is featured this month as Architectural Record's "House of the Month." Designing a house can be difficult. But designing your own can be especially challenging. This was the case for Jason McLennan and Heron Hall, the house on Bainbridge Island,...
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Workshop: Personal Transformation for Regenerative Design
December 18th and March 1st: Are you a green champion in the building industry yet struggling to have larger impact in your firm and your market? Are you feeling beat up and frustrated? No more waiting for permission to do your best work and leverage the change in the...
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Workshop: Bringing Regenerative Design to Your Practice
November 30th and February 1st: Are you struggling to make your architecture, construction, or engineering practice more deeply green? Are you finding barriers to change with your staff, partners, or clients? There is growing interest in Living Buildings, Net Zero,...
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Mohawk’s McLennan Design lichen-inspired carpet awarded the Living Product Challenge Petal Certification!
We are thrilled to announce that Mohawk has received the first Living Product Challenge Petal Certification for a flooring product with the Lichen Carpet Collection! Congratulations to Mohawk for leading the pack in healthy building materials! We can’t wait to see the...
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