Busy week

Another busy week. I went to visit CarpetCycle's recycling center (they will come in and remove carpet before demolition, save it from going into the landfill). The CEO spends a lot of his time looking for people who are looking for raw recycled material, so check out CarpetCycle if you fit that category. I just think it's great that someone's business model includes helping industry innovate. He does studies with universities around the country.


Isn't it great that all this stuff isn't going into a landfill?


Last night I checked out some of the best of the best from architecture schools in this region at the Center for Architecture. I loved a project out of Parsons. It was a proposal for a new Yankee Stadium that twisted up the traditional stadium form which allowed for lots of flexible use public space underneath the seated viewing areas. Go check it out.


Studying the boards



So many great minds, but then this happened: Incidentally, I went to the AIA again this morning, to attend a session for the Green Issues Task Force with regard to PlaNYC. This is an open task force, anyone may attend. Am I just being a curmudgeon, but does the NY AIA seem particularly ineffective with this very pressing issue of our city's sustainability plan? Does anyone know of a design profession group that's actually making inroads for this plan? I know the congestion pricing issue has been discouraging, but there's many many other initiatives that can get off the ground. Anyone??