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Join us for a gallery talk in conjunction with our latest exhibition, Cooling the Planet one Step at a Time: 15 Ways to Reduce Your Home Carbon Footprint.

The founders of BLDUS will present recently completed houses from around the DC region that feature natural materials and embody an environmentalist ethos that prioritizes the health of a building's inhabitants equally to land from which its materials originated. BLDUS seeks opportunities in economies of scale, of scope, of density, of means, and of materials, integrating traditional construction methods with new technologies and organic materials ideally suited to their region--in Appalachia and Tidewater, that means wood, bark, cork, wool, mycelium, willow, hemp, bamboo, and stone--to create an architecture of accommodation. In 2023 BLDUS was honored with a Vanguard Award from Architectural Record and in 2019 with a Young Architect Award from The Architect's Newspaper.

Presenters: Andrew Linn and Jack Becker

Andrew Linn is co-principal and co-founder of BLDUS, an Anacostia-based architecture and development practice that operates throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, making healthy buildings that pay tribute to their context and gain integrity as they age. With a BArch from Cornell University and an MA in the History of Science and Medicine from Yale University, Andrew has taught at Virginia Tech, the University of Maryland and the Catholic University of America, and has previously worked for OMA, Tigerman McCurry, Fantastic Norway, and Arquitectonica.

Jack Becker is co-principal and co-founder of BLDUS, an Anacostia-based architecture and development practice that operates throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, making healthy buildings that pay tribute to their context and gain integrity as they age. Jack is a fourth-generation licensed architect and holds a B.Arch from Cornell University and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard GSD. He has previous experience in architecture, development, and construction, and was awarded an AIA Young Architect Award in 2021.

This program is presented in association with Cooling the Planet one Step at a Time: 15 Ways to Reduce Your Home Carbon Footprint, on view at the District Architecture Center through April 26, 2023.