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Axios
3 days ago
- Business
- Axios
Seattle buildings take home national design honors
Seattle landed several major wins in this year's top national architecture awards, spotlighting the city's growing reputation for buildings that are visually striking and thoughtfully designed. Driving the news: The American Institute of Architects announced the winners of its 2025 national awards on June 5, recognizing standout projects in architecture and sustainable design across the country. State of play: Colman Dock was named one of the best works of contemporary architecture in the country. In its announcement, the AIA called the Seattle Ferry Terminal — designed by Seattle-based architecture firm NBBJ — a model for civic architecture and praised its mix of public space, tribal recognition, and multimodal infrastructure. Go deeper: Three other local projects earned spots on the AIA's COTE Top Ten, the profession's highest honor for sustainable design: The Bush School New Upper School, by Mithun — is the nation's first Salmon Safe school and the largest Passive House certified campus in the Western U.S., per AIA. Wagner Education Center at the Center for Wooden Boats, by Olson Kundig, features manually adjusted vents and windows that allow human hands to control the building's airflow. Founders Hall Plus: The Center for Behavioral Health and Learning at UW Medicine, designed by SRG + CannonDesign, earned an AIA Healthcare Design Award.
Bloomberg
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
Designing Cities for Families
Burned-Out Parents Need Better Public Spaces To ease the burden on families, we need places to let the kids roam free. December 31, 2024 The Answer To Making Cities More Family-Friendly? Courtyards New housing experiments with courtyards show that this age-old design approach can still deliver for cities struggling to provide homes for families. October 31, 2024 An Artist Reimagines the Spaces of Childhood, With Thorny Results For 'Homecoming,' sculptor Hugh Hayden created a provocative replica of Kidsville, a suburban Dallas example of the wooden playgrounds that flourished in the 1980s. September 14, 2024 Skate Parks Are Growing Up A punk pastime made massively popular by the Olympics has reached amenity status with 'skate gardens.' August 6, 2024 Immersive Museum Exhibits for Kids Know How to Compete With Screens New projects aimed at children show that tech doesn't have to dominate the narrative. June 12, 2024 Swing Sets Aren't Just for Kids Anymore New parks in Philadelphia, Memphis and Tulsa show that the key to making playgrounds fun for all ages is designing them for teenagers April 27, 2024 How Design Promotes Better Mental Health for Children A clinic designed by NBBJ to incorporate light and nature is part of a sea change in the way that psychiatrists approach children's behavioral health. March 23, 2024
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Major insurance company sparks outrage with decision that affects thousands of policies: 'The opposite of what we've been hoping for'
Increasing frequencies of wildfires are pushing insurance companies out of California. Liberty Mutual is one of the latest insurance groups to abandon insurance coverage for California residents, the North Bay Business Journal reported. In late December, Liberty Mutual announced plans to roll back on and eventually eliminate insurance coverage for California condo and apartment renters by 2026. According to the NBBJ, 88,000 policyholders throughout the state are expected to lose coverage. Liberty Mutual's withdrawal came about promptly before California's Department of Insurance revealed a historic insurance reform model to retain and expand insurance coverage throughout the state. The reformed model would allow insurers to factor in reinsurance costs (backup insurance for insurance companies) in their customer costs. However, insurers would need to continue offering comprehensive homeowner insurance policies in wildfire-prone areas at a proportionate rate of 85% of their statewide market share. For example, if an insurance group accounts for 10% of California's total homeowner insurance market, it must write or renew at least 8.5% of its insurance policies in the state's wildfire-prone areas. "Liberty Mutual's recent announcement that they're getting out of the California rental and condo insurance market was the opposite of what we've been hoping for," said Amy Bach, executive director of United Policyholders, per NBBJ. In 2024, Cal Fire responded to 8,024 fires throughout the state, a 9% jump from the previous year. Long periods of drought and extreme heat, brought on by human activities that include intensive agriculture, deforestation, and harmful heat-trapping gas pollution (from using dirty energy sources), set the ideal environment for wildfires to ravage the lands. More than ever, California residents and homeowners need security and insurance to protect their homes and assets. What would you do if natural disasters were threatening your home? Move somewhere else Reinforce my home Nothing This is happening already Click your choice to see results and speak your mind. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a landmark regulation to require insurers to increase their coverage in underserved areas of the state by trading the allowance of catastrophe modeling in insurers' rates. Idaho's Department of Insurance recently proposed the Idaho Wildfire Risk Mitigation and Stabilization Pool Act. This legislation would assist homeowners in securing funds to protect their homes from wildfire damage, which could encourage insurers to renew coverage or lower premiums. Hopefully, these initiatives will inspire other states to action to protect more homeowners from losing insurance coverage on their homes. Join our free newsletter for good news and useful tips, and don't miss this cool list of easy ways to help yourself while helping the planet.
