{"id":101096,"date":"2014-06-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/10-questions-with-lawrence-scarpa\/"},"modified":"2022-12-08T12:45:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T17:45:16","slug":"10-questions-with-lawrence-scarpa","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/10-questions-with-lawrence-scarpa\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Questions With… Lawrence Scarpa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n In May, the Smithsonian\u2019s
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\n Brooks + Scarpa
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\n as the recipient of the 2014 National Design Award for architecture, recognizing the high level of innovation and public impact of its body of work\u2014which has been pioneering in the fields of sustainable design and affordable housing. This is the latest of countless accolades for the California studio (formerly Pugh + Scarpa), including the 2010 AIA Firm Award and a Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award from
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\n in 2008. The husband-and-wife team of Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA and Angela Brooks, FAIA have pushed limits with experimental work, including Solar Umbrella, the high-performance house the couple has lived in for almost a decade, and most recently with new residential and transportation projects across the globe.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Here, Lawrence Scarpa talks about past and current work, and doing what he vowed he\u2019d never do.
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\n Sustainability is not a concept for design. It is a question of ethics that we believe should be incorporated into all building design as good practice\u2014but it is not the design.\n <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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\n Interior Design: You and your firm embraced sustainable design early on, and have become leaders in the field. How has green building changed over the last decades?
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