Bridgette Meinhold is an American artist and author of “Urgent Architecture: 40 Sustainable Housing Solutions for a Changing World.”[1]
Meinhold is also the Architecture Editor for Inhabitat.com, and a contributing writer for Inhabitots.com and Ecouterre.com. She has written extensively about sustainable design innovation, eco architecture, green building.[2]
Early life and education
editBridgette Meinhold is originally from Oklahoma.[3] In 2003, Meinhold earned a BS in mechanical engineering from San Diego State University in San Diego, CA. In 2007, she earned a Master of Science in Civil and environmental engineering with a focus on sustainability at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.[4][5][6]
Following college, Meinhold lived and worked in Germany and spent time in New York City.[7]
Career
editAuthor
editIn 2013, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., published Meinhold’s book, “Urgent Architecture: 40 Sustainable Housing Solutions for a Changing World.”[1] The book features 40 emergency and long-term housing projects and was written in response to natural disasters, climate change, population growth, urbanization and poverty.[1][8] It is organized in five categories — rapid shelters, transitional shelters, affordable housing, prefab housing, and adaptable housing — and includes examples from Bangladesh and Haiti to Malibu, CA and Milan, Italy.[9]
All of the projects focus on green building, sustainable design, eco-friendly materials, affordability, material reuse, and humanitarian relief. Project construction methods and materials include repurposed shipping containers, straw bale construction, sandbag homes, and floating homes.[10]
Freelance writer
editSince, 2008, Meinhold has served as Architecture Editor for Inhabitat.com, “devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.”[11]
Meinhold is also a contributing writer for Inhabitots.com, which focuses on “sustainable design for the next generation.”[4] Since 2009, Meinhold has been a contributing writer Ecouterre.com, for which she writes about sustainable fashion design.[12]
Artist
editMeinhold uses encaustic, milk paint, pencil, oil and watercolor to depict clouds, mountains, trees, the atmosphere, and inclement weather.[13] Meinhold’s paintings are exhibited at Gallery MAR in Park City, UT,[14] Diane West in Durango, CO, the Vickers Collection in Aspen, CO, and Vail Village Arts in Vail, CO.[15]
Of her atmospheric paintings, Meinhold commented:
[My work] tends to be on that moody, sort of melancholy side, because the atmospheres that tend to create the most interest for me are not the blue days. Everybody can take a picture of a blue day, but fog to me is very interesting.[5]
Personal life
editMeinhold resides in an A-frame cabin in Park City, Utah with her husband, a firefighter/paramedic[7] who built an art studio for Meinhold out of an old 40-foot shipping container.[16]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Meinhold, Bridgette (2013). Urgent Architecture: 40 Sustainable Housing Solutions for a Changing World. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. ISBN 9780393733587. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ Yoneda, Yuka. "BOOK REVIEW: Bridgette Meinhold's Urgent Architecture Showcases 40 Sustainable Housing Solutions for a Changing World". Inhabitat.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Who Am I? Bridgette Meinhold". PMc Magazine. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ a b "About Inhabitots.com". Inhabitots.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ a b Thompson, Dale. "Weathering the Storm: Author and Artist Bridgette Meinhold". Artists of Utah’s 15 Bytes. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Bridgette Meinhold". Ecouterre.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Bridgette Meinhold". Inhabitat.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ Vidal, John. "Humanitarian intent: Urgent Architecture from ecohomes to shelters – in pictures". theguardian.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ Pearson, Clifford. "Urgent Architecture: 40 Sustainable Housing Solutions for a Changing World". Architectural Record. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "URGENT ARCHITECTURE: Inhabitat Interviews Author Bridgette Meinhold About Her New Book". YouTube.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "About Inhabitat.com". Inhabitat.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "About ecouterre.com". Ecouterre.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Bridgette Meinhold biography". Gallery MAR. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Bridgette Meinhold". Gallery MAR. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Bridgette Meinhold". Diane West. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ Green, Kelly. "Studio Space: Park City - Bridgette Meinhold". Artists of Utah’s 15 Bytes. Retrieved 26 May 2014.