Clothing which suddenly lights up, never misses the surprised effect from unsuspecting bystanders.
paper cuts afternoon
bubbles with shadows and skull
Palm Jebel Ali Towers, Dubai
Building The Future
Ikan Consulting, LLC takes architecture to new levels of innovation through sustainable design I walk down a city block and can almost hear the earth shuddering under the pavement as another piece of land has been wrestled away from nature by the hands of modern convenience. Commerce, industry and progression beckon, and we disrupt another ecological cycle as our buildings gorge themselves on resources and energy in order to produce a pound of product and a ton of waste. We are more than willing to justify the means by our ends. While the earth loves mankind and its creativity, it groans under the weight of our selfishness. The average citizen wants to protect the environment, but not if it requires any significant time, money, or lifestyle changes. Believe it or not, being kind to the earth does not mean returning to the Middle Ages. Imagine having the insight needed to create beautiful contemporary structures that provide a healthy environment for their users while dramatically reducing the ecological
Building The Future TEXT: KARYN LINNELL - contributing architecture and design editor
impact to the earth.
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Five years ago two
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
entrepreneurs, Jacob Kandefer, 29, and DeAnna
Green Building Rating System, Ikan has brought
Butler, 28, formed Ikan Consulting, LLC, with
its industry knowledge to many diverse projects
the vision to take their knowledge of highly
nationally and internationally.
effective yet environmentally friendly building
includes the visually stunning Palm Jebel Ali
practices to the world. Working with designers,
Towers in Dubai, the sustainable Energy City in
architects, engineers and construction teams,
Qatar, the Frito Lay building in Rochester, NY,
Ikan Consulting, LLC steers its clients away from
and the award-winning YMCA Camp Greenkill
the traditional methods of designing and building
Lodge in Orange County, NY. Along with the
toward energy-efficient, green practices. From
Frito Lay building, the beautiful YMCA Camp
the methods of construction to the energy
Greenkill Lodge is LEED Gold Certified, and
sources and materials used, the impact to the
utilizes such features as passive solar design,
Its portfolio
Facility Project Management, Dubai
environment is significantly lessened both
tankless hot water heaters, native landscaping
throughout the building process and over the
requiring no irrigation, and recycled materials
course of time. While the final product displays
including denim, wheat and paper money.
the beauty and strength essential to great architecture, individuals and businesses who
Combining intelligence, economics and an
take advantage of the experience and insight of
environmental conscience, Ikan Consulting,
the team at Ikan create structures that are gentler
LLC, is leading the way in new developments that
to the earth, significantly more cost effective,
allow our modern societies to achieve their full
structurally secure, and healthier for the people
potential in industry, technology, and commerce
who live and work inside of them.
without making another destructive dent in our
Based in New York, Ikan has been highly
global ecosystem. As I gaze at these powerful
successful in fulfilling its vision.
Accredited
and glorious images of progressive architecture,
by the Unites States Green Building Council
I can hear the earth breath a sweet sigh of relief.
for its thorough knowledge of the Leadership