People, Planet, Design

“People Planet Design is a reminder that design is an all-encompassing aspect of everyday life, and everything we make or do is a form of design. While aimed at architects, Squire, an advocate of sustainable design and development, has set out a series of challenges to designers that reflect the issues of sustainability from the strategic to more detailed design…. The book resonates with ideas about civility, hybridity, and sociability, and whilst it is aimed at architects rather than urban designers, it fills a gap and is an optimistic achievement with some lessons for us in the UK.”– “Urban Design Journal”

Corey Squire is an architect and nationally recognized expert in sustainable design. Working as both a sustainability leader within architecture practices and a sustainable design consultant through his firm, Dept. of Sustainability, Corey has empowered multiple award-winning design firms to achieve high-performance projects across their portfolios. Corey lectures nationally on a range of sustainable design related topics and was a lead author of the AIA Framework for Design Excellence, a resource that’s actively redefining excellence in the built environment. He is an Associate Principal and Director of Sustainability at Bora Architecture and Interiors in Portland Oregon, where he lives with his wife, architect Helena Zambrano, and their son, public transportation advocate, Felix Zambrano Squire.