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Light Structures, Heavy Footprints? The Environmental Paradox of Lightweight Materials
Arch Daily, April 21, 2026
Lightness is no longer only a formal or structural quality, but a matter of responsibility: not just how much a building weighs, but what it requires to exist, operate ...
April 21, 2026

Grace Farms’ Design for Freedom Summit Advances a More Ethical Built Environment
New Canaan Sentinel, April 9, 2026
"The construction industry is positioned to become a global leader in supply chain transparency & human rights.”

Grace Farms Hosts Fifth Annual Design for Freedom Summit
Architectural Record, April 8, 2026
"... Design for Freedom aims to eliminate modern slavery from the building materials supply chain by garnering commitment from architects & the construction industry."
April 8, 2026

Hillary Waters Fayle Creates ‘Portraits of Place’ from Seeds, Foliage, and Petals
Colossal, April 6, 2026
"The way these portraits illustrate a very particular place and time via botany can be a way to define the relationship that the people of that place have with the land ..."
April 6, 2026

Turning Ethical Supply Chains into Action
Green Building & Design Magazine, March 31, 2026
"What emerged this year was a clear sense of momentum: Ethical sourcing is beginning to move from the margins into mainstream practice."
March 31, 2026

AI data centers have a human rights problem
Fast Company, March 31, 2026
"That gap was at the center of a pointed panel conversation last week at Grace Farms, the award-winning cultural and humanitarian center in New Canaan, Connecticut ..."
March 31, 2026