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SEE Institute makes the building part of the lesson
In Dubai, a sustainability institute teaches from a building that reportedly generates three times its annual energy needs. Its more interesting proposition is what happens when the classroom opens onto a working community.
The Architect Who Spent a Decade Going Around Corners
Arlan Collins thought a better building system would sell itself. The next decade taught him that invention is the easy part - the hard part is giving a cautious industry enough proof to move.
They Tried to Build Apartments Like Airplanes - Then the Construction Site Fought Back
Sustainable Living Innovations spent 16 years turning apartment towers into a kit of parts. Its Seattle buildings prove the hardware works - and its bruising flagship reveals why fixing construction takes more than a factory.
Legence
Legence is North America's largest pure-play building performance platform, providing integrated advisory, engineering, design, fabrication, installation, and maintenance services for high-performance and mission-critical facilities. Formerly Therma Holdings and backed by Blackstone, the company brands itself the world's first Energy Transition Accelerator, helping data centers, healthcare, education, biopharma, semiconductor, and commercial real estate clients cut carbon, lower utility costs, and run buildings more efficiently. Legence went public on Nasdaq under the ticker LGN in September 2025.