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Kobunaki Eco-Village
Bill Browning and Jeff Bannon participated in a charrette to create a set of strategies related to energy performance, long-term habitation, and sustainable settlement of a new community in Omihachiman City, outside of Kyoto, Japan. Founded on the ethic of local production for local consumption, this 360-home project aims to become a community centered on agricultural and cultural stewardship. Each home will feature a kitchen garden as part of a larger “infrastructure of food” designed to buttress the community’s self-sufficiency. The homes of Kobunaki will also feature tiles reclaimed from the recently demolished Higashi Hongwanji Temple in Kyoto. With ambitious goals such as reducing community CO2 emissions by 80% of 2000 levels, plans for Kobunaki have developed through the involvement of many stakeholders so that the project may “co-evolve like an ecosystem.”

*Work performed by Bill Browning and Jeff Bannon in affiliation with Browning+Bannon. Detailed Terrapin Case Studies are available in the Workroom, our private extranet full of detailed information and resources to help you make an informed decision.

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Biophilic Design wins American Publishers Award

Bill Browning and Bob Fox are among the authors of a new book, Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science, and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life edited by Yale professor Stephen Kellert and winner of the 2008 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence in the Architecture and Urban Planning category.

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