Disability inclusion in the built environment is extremely important. But, it shouldn't end there. How do we ensure that we are being truly inclusive of all types of people, taking into account a wide

Social equity is key to the work that we do in the built environment. Far too often, marginalized communities receive more of the burdens and...

In a city as crowded and expensive as New York City, there is a growing need for access to safe and affordable housing. With this...

Standard construction (both in America and Australia) is sometimes a “race to the bottom” of who can satisfy the building code at the lowest cost....

The transportation sector poses significant opportunities for and challenges to reducing US greenhouse gas emissions as the Country’s highest-emissions sector. As a result of stay-at-home...

As technology in the built environment increases, the workforce demand for those who can properly operate these buildings also grows. On today’s episode, Kelly talks...

On this month’s Buildings + Beyond episode, we interview Luis Quintana to hear more about Universal Design and accessibility in Mexico City. We discuss who Universal Design is meant to help, and how Universal Design principles can allow equal access to...

In this episode, we learn all about the long and lengthy code development process from SWA’s own Gayathri Vijayakumar.

We often address large-scale sustainability issues by focusing on improving building energy use, material use, and accessibility. But what about waste? According to the EPA, the...

There is an enormous, industry-wide effort underway to incorporate accounting for embodied carbon in construction, because the realization has dawned that you can’t build ‘green’ without it.