By Ike Wilson News-Post Staff
An architect’s primary charge is to protect the public’s health, safety and welfare by exercising a reasonable standard of care.
That’s the thinking that went into the formation of Sheila Gregg’s architectural firm, sol agua terra, which specializes in sustainable design and green building.
Sol agua terra operates under the premise that it is the company’s professional responsibility to educate clients about environmentally-responsible materials and methods and incorporate them into projects to the best of their ability, Gregg said.
The firm subscribes to a “holistic architecture philosophy that emphasizes the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts — culture, environment, geography, economy, technology, spirituality, time, well-being, and purpose — as they relate to the built environment,” Gregg said.
