~Architecture 2030~

I feel as though the most important idea or concepts discuss in today's speaker series titled "Architecture 2030" was the idea of looking towards the future and making sure that the built-environment or the world in general will be safe and livable. A few things that he said that really stuck out to me were the concerns that a building built today should be sustainable and built well enough to be used in 130 yrs from now with out a problem. In other words, what we build today we build to meet our needs of functionality and use of space and even visual pleasure. That is good but in years to come, we wont necessarily need to use that building for that particular function anymore, but we should still be able to use it for something.
I was very interested in the LEED buildings that are coming into existence and how "green" they are, and how the air ducts and the way that these buildings are constructed will not contain the "mess" that is left in most structures after the building is finished being built.