Bruner/Cott earns Just Label 3.0

We’re excited to share that Bruner/Cott Architects has earned the JUST 3.0 Label from the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), a milestone that reflects who we are and how we work, both inside and outside our studio.

Nine years ago, we became the first company in New England to receive the JUST Label. Back then, it was a bold step toward greater transparency and accountability. Today, earning the 3.0 version shows how far we’ve come and how committed we are to building an equitable, inclusive, and purpose-driven practice.

Think of JUST as a “nutrition label” for socially responsible organizations. It publicly shares our performance in areas like diversity, equity, employee well-being, and community engagement. For us, it’s more than a scorecard—it’s a way to keep ourselves accountable and ensure that we design with purpose, making choices that align with our values and help create a more just future.

You can explore our JUST 3.0 results and see what we’re working toward next: View Our JUST 3.0 Profile

Kern Center featured in Architectural Record’s “Sustainable Campus Development”

Over the last 15 to 20 years, the combined energies of students, faculty, and administrators have broadened the focus on sustainability at U.S. colleges and universities to encompass a wide spectrum of concerns. From a start in recycling, raising awareness, and environmental-studies programs, the higher education’s sector’s green endeavors have burgeoned to in­clude curriculum and research, planning and administra­tion, and the many facets of campus operations…

In constructing a new welcome center with administrative offices, a social hub, and classrooms at its campus entrance, Hampshire College, a liberal arts school in Amherst, Massachusetts, perceived a fit between its institutional values and an ambitious environmental effort. The college’s recently completed R.W. Kern Center, designed by Cambridge, Massachusetts–based Bruner/Cott, is built to meet the Living Building Challenge (LBC) and has just embarked on the operational tracking year required for certification.

Read the full article at Architectural Record.