Expertise

The Role of Daylighting in Architecture & Human Wellness

Written by MHTN's Director of Sustainability, Darrah Jakab, this article was published in Building Enclosure in August 2022. The average person spends 90 percent of their time indoors,1, which suggests that the quality of our built environments…

Planning for Diversity

The following perspectives were to be presented at the March 2020 100th annual conference of the Association of College Unions International (ACUI), in collaboration with Orok Orok of Prairie View A&M University. The conference was cancelled…

Designing for a Post COVID-19 World

Written by MHTN's Associate Principal, Interior Design & Pre-Design, Amy Williams, this article was published in 2020 The year 2020 has certainly turned everything upside down and inside out. Things we take for granted have been transformed…
Why Zero

Why Zero?

The beauty of considering net-zero-energy ‘s potential to shift building industry norms is that it is not based on implementing “state of the art” technology, but is simply based on what has been described as “state of the shelf” technology…

Tactile Urbanism & Creative Placemaking: In Search of Authenticity

After nearly a half century of Americans moving out of the cities into the suburbs beginning in the 1950’s, recent data from Strong Towns [1] suggests that Americans’ housing preferences may be beginning to shift. “56% of millennials and…

Your Healthcare Campus – Beginning a Successful Strategic Plan

Many healthcare institutions across the country have a “master plan” or perhaps have a document that shows physical locations of buildings on their campus with paths for growth which, often times, focuses on utility infrastructure and asking…

Tight Envelopes Can Help Reduce & Regenerate Energy

You may have heard: Energy consumption in buildings accounts for nearly 40 percent of the total U.S. energy use. Heating and cooling loads represent the largest building-sector energy end-use. This fact alone is a big motivator to me to design…
Sports Field Detail

Advancing Sports Fields Technologies: A Goal of Minimizing the Impacts

Since the first installation over 50 years ago, Synthetic turf has had major impacts on the sports field industry.  With over an estimated 12,000 synthetic field installed in the United States these impacts are manifest is many ways.  The…