Sustainability in Architecture and Design: An Interview with Bert Gregory

Sustainability in Architecture and Design An Interview with Bert Gregory
BetterBricks talked with Bert Gregory, president & CEO of Mithun, a Seattle-based architecture, design, and planning firm and a national leader in resource sensitive and sustainable design. Mithun has received numerous awards for their work, including honors from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Architecture+Energ y, Business Week/Architectural Record and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The AIA Committee on the Environment selected three of the firm’s projects among the top ten United States green buildings.

Mithun is probably best known for its design of the REI stores and IslandWood, the innovative environmental learning center on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Bert served as design team leader for both of those projects. He is currently the design leader for Lloyd Crossing, a cutting-edge sustainable urban design plan for 35 blocks in Portland’s city center; Jackson, Wyoming’s Teton Science School; and the Seattle Monorail Project’s West Seattle stations. Bert’s national impact in design leadership has been noted by the AIA, the International Interior Design Association, and CoreNet Global, which honored the firm with the 2003 Sustainable Design Leadership Award. He speaks frequently around the country on sustainable building and design.

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