Paul Lewis | Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis

Asserting that the most viable means to radically reduce embodied carbon in new buildings is to use plant and earth-based materials, this lecture and accompanying exhibit, based on LTL Architects' (Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis) recently published book, Manual of Biogenic House Sections, demonstrates how this approach can catalyze new types of houses that reduce or sequester carbon, engage regenerative life cycles, and create healthier spaces for living.

ABOUT PAUL LEWIS 

Paul Lewis, FAIA, is a Principal at LTL Architects based in New York City. He is a Professor at Princeton University School of Architecture. LTL is focused on plant-based building materials and the creative repurposing of buildings, and they have completed academic, cultural, and institutional adaptive reuse projects throughout the United States. LTL is the 2019 NY State AIA firm of the year, has received a National Design Award, and has been inducted into the ID Hall of Fame. 

LTL Architects are the authors of Intensities (2013), Opportunistic Architecture (2008), and Situation Normal....Pamphlet Architecture #21 (1998). Their 2016 book entitled Manual of Sections has been translated into seven languages, and their follow-up book Manual of Biogenic House Sections, revealing the architectural potentials of plant and earth-based materials, was released at the end of 2022. 

Lewis is the past President of the Architectural League of New York and a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. He received a BA from Wesleyan University and an M.Arch from Princeton University