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  Profile - The Wildlife Conservation Society

  James Hagy, Lana Buchbinder, and Barbara Beau

  What might it be like if your not-for-profit was responsible for projects with occupants consisting of humans plus some 1,700 other species? How can physical location and the needs of animals and visitors be harmonized through architectural design? Barbara Beau, Lana Buchbinder, and Professor James Hagy of The Rooftops Project interview Sue Chin about her work as Chief Architect at the Wildlife Conservation Society.

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  Panorama - Caring for the Palace Museum, Bejing, China

  James Hagy and Cai Bowen

  Shi Zhimin discusses his work as Director of the Ancient Building Management Office of The Palace Museum in Beijing, still also recognized by many visitors as the former Chinese imperial palace known as The Forbidden City, with Cai Bowen and Professor James Hagy, Director of The Rooftops Project.

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  Panorama - Jefferson Mok

  James Hagy and Arthy Bakthavasalam

  What is your real estate strategy when you are the first on-the-ground representative of a social service not-for-profit entering a remote market abroad with a new program? Jefferson Mok reflects on four years in Burundi in a conversation with The Rooftops Project’s Arthy Bakthavasalam and Professor James Hagy.

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  Perspectives - Kenneth Levien and Kimberly Dowdell of Levien & Company, Inc.

  James Hagy and Dmitriy Ishimbayev

  Kenneth Levien and Kimberly Dowdell share thoughts with The Rooftops Project’s Dmitriy Ishimbayev and Professor James Hagy on the role of project management in not-for-profit construction and renovation projects.

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  Perspectives - Kimse Yok Mu: An Organization’s Effort For The Advancement of Life

  James Hagy and Shaan Lodi

  The Rooftops Project’s Shaan Lodi talks with Turkish relief organization Kimse Yok Mu about its approach to the real estate needed to support disaster response and other work in often challenging settings in 96 countries.

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  Perspectives - Michael Carlton of Carlton Architecture

  James Hagy and Emily Barile

  Michael Carlton talks with The Rooftops Project’s Emily Barile and Professor James Hagy about the intersections among architecture, interior design, real estate, and not-for-profit strategic planning.

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  Perspectives - Richard Cohn, Motion Picture Gaffer, Magician, Musician

  James Hagy and Kristen Porro

  The Rooftops Project’s Kristen Porro talks with Richard Cohn, Gaffer (Chief Electrician) to the television and movie industry on location in New York City, and performing magician, who shares tricks of his two trades that not-for-profits can use to make the most of often imperfect performance spaces.

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  Panorama - International Perspectives: Kathleen Curran, Director of Casa Nuevo Horizonte, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

  James Hagy

  In this first of our series of international perspectives, Kathleen Curran relfects on the important role that physical space has played in her charitable mission in Bolivia supporting promising students seeking an advanced education in a setting of poverty.

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  Perspectives - Alice Korngold of Korngold Consulting

  James Hagy

  Alice Korngold of Korngold Consulting presents her views on optimizing the match between not-for-profit organizations and prospective board member volunteers.

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  Perspectives - Alyssa Bellew of the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church of Pasadena

  James Hagy

  At manyplaces of worship, responsibility for oversight of the physical facilities falls to administrative staff as one more adjunct to an already busy schedule. At others, property tasks may be left to volunteers. The “on-the-job training” may often be self-taught. Professor James Hagy explores these challenges with Alyssa Bellew, Administrative Director of Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church.

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  Perspectives - Benjamin Webb of the Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia

  James Hagy

  Benjamin Webb discusses the rewards and challenges of being responsible for facilities management and energy for the largest mixed-program cultural center in the Southeastern U.S.

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  Perspectives - Steve Marcussen and Jonathan Sklar of Cushman & Wakefield

  James Hagy

  Steve Marcussen and Jonathan Sklar of Cushman & Wakefield’s Los Angeles office share thoughts on how not-for-profit organizations can be more effective with their real estate assets and in implementing projects with outside real estate brokerage advisors.

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  Profile - Fernbank Museum of Natural History

  James Hagy

  Any natural history or science museum would be proud to haev the diversity of collections and programmatic resources found at Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, Georgia. But few if any can law claim, as Fernbank does, to having “grown out of a forest.” Professor James Hagy, Director of The Rooftops Project, talks wiht Aneli Nugteren, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Fernbank Museum, about its unique campus, mission, and facilities.

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  Profile - Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada

  James Hagy

  Responding to an ever-increasing need for pro bono legal services, the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada recently broke ground in downtown Las Vegas on what will become its new headquarters. Professor James Hagy, Director of The Rooftops Project, talks with Eexecutive Director Barbara Buckley about the project and the role that the new facility will play in advancing the Center’s mission and its services to clients.

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  Profile - The California Endowment’s Center for Healthy Communities

  James Hagy

  When the California Endowment planned new headquarters space for its own operations, its vision also included creating conference space suitable for events by other not-for-profits, opportunities for formal and informal collaboration among not-for-profits with compatible missions, and even incubator spaces for smaller organizations in need of an office presence. In this second article in his series looking at not-for-profits as urban neighbors, Professor James Hagy, Director of The Rooftops Project, talks with Anne-Marie Jones, Director of the Endowment’s Center for Healthy Communities, and Edward de la Torre, its Director of Facilities and Events.

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  Profile - The Gates Foundation LEED Platinum Seattle Headquarters

  James Hagy

  In this first article in his series looking at not-for-profits as urban neighbors, Professor James Hagy, Director of The Rooftops Project, visits with the Gates Foundation at its recently opened LEED Platinum Seattle headquarters campus.

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  Planning and Practice - The Rooftops Project: Report Summarizing Results of a Survey of Not-for-Profit Organizations

  James Hagy

  The Rooftops Project's first national field study of the attitudes and approaches of not-for-profit organizations with respect to the owned, leased or hosted real estate that supports their core missions and operations.