living building challenge

In this Pocket Sized Pep Talk, you'll learn: • An explanation for, "strategic imperfection," and how it differs from simply lowering our standards. • A concept called the “¾ baked” philosophy, what that means,...Read More

‘Not just a building’: Yale’s Living Village welcomes its first student residents.Yale Divinity School recently welcomed the first students who will inhabit the Living Village, a state-of-the-art facility that aims to meet the world’s most...Read More

We’re excited to see the kickoff of our Living Building project for Henrico County Public Schools with the official Groundbreaking ceremony that took place this Monday, Sept 29th. Representatives from the School Board, City,...Read More

The University of Idaho McCall Field Campus has been home to outdoor learning for university students since the late 1930s. We learn about the McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS) -- and how students soak...Read More

MCCALL, Idaho — Towering Ponderosa Pines watch over the University of Idaho's McCall Field Campus, a place that has shaped young Idahoans for generations. Now, the university is planning for generations to come, with...Read More

Jason McLennan, an architect internationally renowned for his ideas on green design, will receive an honorary doctorate from Laurentian University during the Sudbury school’s fall convocation next month. McLennan, who was born and raised...Read More

Front page of the Seattle Times! Read about the recent merger of McLennan Design and Perkins & Will and how we are excited about the future growth and potential for green building and stewardship of...Read More

‘Deep Green’ Architect Jason F. McLennan, Creator of the Living Building Challenge, Merges His Firm with Perkins&Will  McLennan and his team of regenerative design experts at McLennan Design join Perkins&Will amid intensifying urgency around global...Read More

The new HMTX World Headquarters hosted its very first house-guests this week, in honor of the advent of summer! The annual Solstice gathering of HMTX employees was...Read More

All of us here at McLennan Design would like to send a special message to our community about the importance of Earth Day and the need for each of us to transform how we...Read More