Feldman Architecture

Feldman Architecture is happy to announce that we’re officially a Just certified organization! The Just Label, run by the International Living Future Institute, functions similarly to a nutrition label that scores organizations on socially just and equitable operations and policies. As a voluntary disclosure tool, it’s a transparency platform for organizations to disclose specific information about their operations, from employee demographics and benefits to financial and community investments. It requires reporting on a range of operational indicators that outline accountability metrics for each organization to be recognized at four levels of performance. See Feldman Architecture’s complete Just Dashboard below, which provides information on each of our 24 performance indicators, and our company policies individually addressing each indicator.

Feldman Architecture is happy to announce that Anjali Iyer has been elevated to Partner. With an unwavering dedication to Feldman Architecture over the last ten years, Anjali thrives in creative discourse and deeply enjoys translating design intent into grounded reality. As a Senior Project Manager and licensed Architect, Anjali has led the design of a collection of landmark projects, including the delicate, carefully detailed Atherton Pavilions, and the modern, intricate Round House.

For this installment of our CRAFT series, we spoke with Kyle Minor, founder of Kyle Minor Design. Our team recently toured their SF workshop, learning about their processes, design ethos, and taking a closer look at some impressive recent work. Read the full interview below – and as Kyle says – “Build custom, Build once.”

Launched in Spring 2023, this initiative takes aim at each residential project’s operational and embodied carbon, setting an aggressive target of 100 metric-tons (tonnes) per home (for reference, driving from San Francisco to Atlanta emits 1 metric ton of carbon, and the average FA home has a carbon footprint of ~200 metric tons). We will measure the projected carbon emissions of each project throughout the design phases via energy modeling and embodied carbon analysis, using this to data to further optimize our designs. We will continue to measure operational carbon emissions post-occupancy, and carbon offsets will be purchased for those exceeding the budget one year after completion.