Blaine Brownell, AIA, is the director of graduate studies at the University of Minnesota School of Architecture (as well as being a contributor to ARCHITECT). He has published four editions of Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine Our Physical Environment, which emphasizes sustainability. As such, he has seen a distinct evolution in how architects engage with and deploy sustainable strategies. But are we moving fast enough to make the necessary impacts? "We need innovations," he says, "and we need them at ever-shorter intervals."
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