Lauren Mitchell Volker

Sep 11, 2024 | metropolismag.com | Lauren Mitchell Volker

The former Perkins&Will architect and executive director of the Lifecycle Building Center is part of a community that is breaking systemic barriers and keeping reusable materials out of landfills. IN 2009 architect Shannon Goodman was involved in a firmwide sustainability initiative at Perkins&Will’s Atlanta office, where she helped educate colleagues and clients on green building rating systems, material health, and civic policies.

Jan 5, 2024 | metropolismag.com | Lauren Mitchell Volker

These manufacturers offer innovative PVC swaps, oldie-but-goodie alternatives, or solutions focused on using the thermoplastic responsibly. Over the past two decades, sustainability-focused architects, interior designers, researchers, and manufacturers have been locked in a slow-burning battle to phase out PVC in the building industry, primarily because of the vinyl chloride used to make it, but also because of the other toxic chemicals that are typically added to it.

Jul 18, 2023 | metropolismag.com | Lauren Mitchell Volker

A response to fast furniture, the studio’s hemp-based Peel chair is biodegradable and compostable. By: Lauren VolkerLauryn Menard and Baillie Mishler’s plans for a practice centered on regenerative design began when they met ten years ago working for the same San Francisco design studio. “We wanted to do more for the planet,” recalls Menard. In 2021 they founded their studio PROWL with a mission to set new standards for the design industry.

Jun 5, 2023 | metropolismag.com | Lauren Mitchell Volker

Oct 10, 2022 | archdaily.mx | Lauren Mitchell Volker