JUSTIN R. WOLF




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Architecture | Green Design | Energy Efficiency 

My byline has been featured Green Building Advisor, Fine Homebuilding, Metropolis, AIA Architect, Architect's Newspaper, Architectural Record, Green & Healthy Maine, ENTER (AIA Minnesota), Common Edge and other publications. 

AIA Architect •

Staying local with mass timber

Minding the paceThese acts of intentional sourcing are designed to drive further investment in regional manufacturing, which is laudable. Still, there are cautionary tales to consider, notably in the case of Katerra, a startup that saw rapid growth in the late 2010s but collapsed. Headline-making excitement over mass timber doesn’t always signal scalable market demand. The U.S. has indeed seen rapid growth in mass timber construction since 2020. However, domestic demand fell 20% in 2024 from the...
AIA Architect •

Designing for faith and reflection

Because so many spaces for worship are stunning, they are often what sparks a person’s love for architecture, regardless of their religious faith or lack thereof. For many, this passion begins in youth, perhaps when we first enter the nave of a neo-Gothic cathedral or a Renaissance-era Roman basilica, or when we gaze upon some other awe-inspiring temple, synagogue, or grand edifice devoted to deities of old. These places move something in us because they feel ineffably sacred.For architect Todd...
AIA Architect •

Fulfilling a dream through design

BIG enters the pictureIn late 2021, Howard first connected with BIG partner Douglass Alligood, who has since left the firm to launch his own practice. In Alligood’s telling, “there was no design of a building yet. It was just possibilities. It was blocks of programs being shifted around to create different types of experiences, and those experiences were centered around community activation and integration.” Sans any conceptual designs, Howard presented to Alligood a “robust and ambitious” visio...
The Architect’s Newspaper •

Zuri Gardens, a 3D-printed Texas community, shows promise for building affordable housing in low-carbon economy

In Houston, the city’s first hybrid 3D-printed housing community is now taking shape. Zuri Gardens will be a 100-percent affordable subdevelopment in the city’s Minnetex neighborhood that will eventually comprise 80 detached homes built from a combination of low-carbon concrete mixes produced by Eco Material Technologies and resilient siding, subflooring, and other products made by LP Building Solutions. Zuri Gardens is durable and energy efficient. The development team is rounded out by Texas-b...
Green & Healthy Maine HOMES •

Masonry heaters gain traction for their efficiency and durability

Ottavio Lattanzi built himself a saltbox house in the Midcoast town of Bowdoinham nearly half a century ago. The 1,500-square-foot home, which he describes as “pretty well insulated but not airtight,” is heated using a small masonry stove he affectionately calls his “Russian fireplace,” with a fire box measuring just 1 foot by 1 foot and 2 feet deep. That’s enough space to accommodate handfuls of kindling and the occasional small log. The firebrick-lined stove, which was custom-built by a friend...
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Gallery Crawl •

“Remember That You Will Die: Death Across Cultures” at the Rubin Museum of Art

Memento Mori is the Latin-Christian maxim translated as “Remember that you will die.” It is altogether sobering and, in some perverted sense, comforting; it’s an epitaph for the masses—commoners and kings alike. It is also the subject of the ’s latest offering, of the same name, and although said offering is a modest one, this exhibition is, quite literally, breath-taking.
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