Michael Green is a principal at Michael Green Architecture, a Vancouver-based architecture and design firm he co-founded in 2012. An award-winning architect, speaker, and author known for creating meaningful, sustainable built environments, he’s a leader in wood construction and innovation. A government policy advisor on mass timber design, Green co-authored The Case for Tall Wood Buildings and Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction, and Performance. He founded Design Build Research, a nonprofit school and research platform teaching design and construction focused on systemic change for climate, environment, disaster, and global shelter needs, and Timber Online Education, a DBR division teaching sustainable wood design. Green is a fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada; his TED talk is “Why We Should Build Wooden Skyscrapers.”
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