Lloyd Alter

Our designs have to change to capture the sun, starting with the roofscape.

Everybody feels terrible about it, but nothing ever gets done to fix the basic problem.

I like this simple, circular, building system

Reporting from the Passive House Portugal conference

Why grind up rock to make concrete when you can use natural materials like wood and stone?

Throwing a curve into brick walls makes them strong, thin, and beautiful.

The big fridge, the big car, and the big grocery store are all part of one economic machine. The Costco Door is another cog.

Actually, walking into one makes it hurt more. This is just one of the problems aging boomers face as their vision is compromised.

Engineered stone countertops are the most popular, but making them is killing workers,

We have to stop putting everything into separate silos, it all connects.

Actually, Jessica Wildfire has written a guide we should all think about now before we need to use it.

A new study finds that light in the bedroom at night could be as dangerous as “smoking, hypertension, and physical inactivity.” Proust knew how to deal with that.

An Economist article questions their usefulness. In fact, what matters isn’t standing or sitting; it’s moving.

A recent book blames the boomers for everything bad in the country — and the author has a point.From MNN October 2017, a post that made our readers rise up and complain about me. Earlier this year I read Bruce Gibney’s screed “A Generation of…

This British report proposes breaking down silos and recognizing that everything is connected. We should be doing this everywhere.

A very short post about how we should be careful about overstating a case.

At least in Toronto, this icon of tactical urbanism is still going strong.

Nobody is going to want to look at that big kitchen island anymore.

An epistolary discussion between Diana Lind and Lloyd Alter over their past and their future.

For cities to work for everyone, they need places to walk, sit and pee. This isn’t rocket science.