Using passive house design costs about 2% to 3% more than constructing a regular building, Mahoney said. The complex was built on a plot of land purchased from the city.

One of the jumping-off points for exploring these issues is the forthcoming exhibition How We Live Now: Reimagining Spaces with Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative.The project features rare films ...

Dutch design duo Oskar Peet and Sophie Mensen from OS & OOS constructed their Matrix furniture range using multiple strips of laser-cut steel, which are then assembled into lattice frameworks ...