1 Nature's finest
For residential and light construction, the International Builders' Show is the largest there is. This year, more than 1,900 suppliers showcased their most innovative products in 1 million net square feet of exhibition space. The focus: energy e
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2 A grade above
For residential and light construction, the International Builders' Show is the largest there is. This year, more than 1,900 suppliers showcased their most innovative products in 1 million net square feet of exhibition space. The focus: energy e
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2007 revenues of RECORD's Top 150 Firms grew 25 percent
What a ride it's been. The total revenue of ARCHITECTURAL RECORD'S Top 150 Architecture Firms surged in 2007, even as the AIA's Architectural Billings Index (ABI) for
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3 Plug and play
For residential and light construction, the International Builders' Show is the largest there is. This year, more than 1,900 suppliers showcased their most innovative products in 1 million net square feet of exhibition space. The focus: energy e
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4 Rapid fire
For residential and light construction, the International Builders' Show is the largest there is. This year, more than 1,900 suppliers showcased their most innovative products in 1 million net square feet of exhibition space. The focus: energy e
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5 Sunny forecast
For residential and light construction, the International Builders' Show is the largest there is. This year, more than 1,900 suppliers showcased their most innovative products in 1 million net square feet of exhibition space. The focus: energy e
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6 In the name of comfort
For residential and light construction, the International Builders' Show is the largest there is. This year, more than 1,900 suppliers showcased their most innovative products in 1 million net square feet of exhibition space. The focus: energy e
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A Sleek Skyscraper in San Francisco Raises the Profile of Performance-Based Design
THE NEARLY COMPLETE TOWER DEMONSTRATES MULTIPLE BENEFITS OF A NONPRESCRIPTIVE APPROACH
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A greener contract
Made with a stain-resistant-dye technology integrated into the carpet and a PVC-free, 100 percent recyclable thermoplastic backing system composed of 15 percent recycled content, the high-performance Sojourn
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A trio of manufacturers redefine "green" wood with variations on earth-friendly options
Innovative and ideal for all manner of projects--residential, hospitality, and more--our selection of outdoor products and materials includes a variety of greener exterior wood alternatives, chemical-free swimming pools and lawns, al fresco elec
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AS+GG tapped for ultra-green project in U.A.E.
Desert buildings that produce more energy than they consume may no longer be a mirage. Chicago-based Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) have won a competition
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An inflatable teahouse bridges fantasy and reality
Like a peanut-shaped balloon straight out of Japanese anime, the Tee Haus, by Tokyo-based Kengo Kuma & Associates brings a modern--even futuristic--and fanciful sensibility to the time-honored
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Architects come to aid of cyclone victims
The death toll continued to climb sharply days after Cyclone Nargis, a storm and corresponding tidal surge, struck Myanmar in early May. Approximately one million people were
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Architects' billings plummet to all-time low
The first quarter of 2008 was a bleak one for architects--and conditions are not likely to improve anytime soon.
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At one with nature
Completely free of chemicals, natural swimming pools take advantage of a biological purification system to clean the water. Applicable for public and private use, five systems have
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AvroKO's designs for the restaurant Park Avenue are as ephemeral as the seasons
AvroKO's meteoric rise to fame is the stuff of design-industry lore. Headed by former college chums Kristina O'Neal, Greg Bradshaw, William Harris, and Adam Farmerie, the multidisciplinary
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B+U: Envisioning a city of sound
For Los Angeles-based B+U, it's sound itself they're capturing and translating into structures.
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Behind a memorial
I have concern for Suzanne Stephens's somewhat callous description in the feature about SmithGroup's Normandy American Cemetery Visitor Center at Colleville-sur-Mer in northern France [March 2008, page
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Below the surface
With brass, gray, black, nickel, and bronze finish options, Evolution UL-fire-classified, poke-thru devices combine aesthetics with high capacity functionality. Available in 8- and 6-inch diameters, Evolution accommodates
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Bitter debate brews over Domino Sugar Plant
While "adaptive reuse" and "loft living" have become popular catch phrases for developers transforming old industrial buildings into trendy condominiums, others are shouting "not so fast"--and perhaps
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Breathe easy
Manufactured in a zero-discharge state-of-the-art facility, this 6-year old company's zero-VOC paint boasts the additional benefit of being completely nontoxic and carcinogen free. (Note the warning labels
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Calatrava's bridge is nearly ready, but is Jerusalem?
Construction of Santiago Calatrava's elegant, lyre-shaped suspension bridge at the entrance to Jerusalem neared completion at the end of May, despite a history of opposition from residents,
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Christoff:Finio reimagines the classic New York town house for The Heckscher Foundation for Children
The town house is a Manhattan icon, and from the outside, The Heckscher Foundation for Children on East 70th Street looks like an exemplar. But it takes
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Classic ornamentation
An authority and dealer of fine antique garden statuary and ornaments for 20 years, Barbara Israel has turned her attentions toward making her treasures available to a
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Clearing the air
In a recent industry test, the Aprilaire Model 5000 air cleaner achieved 99 percent efficiency against airborne particles. Redesigned for a more demanding user, the unit now
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Competitions
Kokuyo Design Award 2008 Call for Entries
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Debate ensues after N.Y.C. building chief quits
New York City's Building Commissioner, Patricia Lancaster, FAIA, stepped down on April 23 following a string of construction accidents in 2008, 13 of which were fatal. Her
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Details in Contemporary Architecture
by Christine Killory and René Davids. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007, 208 pages, $55.
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Diversification now
After 150 years of protecting the profession of architecture from people of color, why in the world would Robert Ivy be surprised that only 1.5 percent of
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Diversification now
Robert Ivy's recent editorial [May 2008, page 39] identifies the need to create greater opportunity for diversity in our profession. However, in order to encourage the engagement
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Electric Dreams: Wake up!
Don't be afraid to dream--the two firms featured here aren't. For Swedish firm Electric Dreams, inspiration and delight comes from excesses of every kind.
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Element
by Cecil Balmond. New York: Prestel, 2008, 288 pages, $45.
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Elephant in the garage
The latest Record Houses, as usual, provides much stimulation, thankfully with some attention paid to "environmental sustainability." What is missing, however, is a serious discussion about the
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Elephant in the garage
Compared to last year's edition, this year's version of Record Houses is much improved: A well-conceived and well-executed change in direction.
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Exterior views
Befitting the current proclivity for al fresco environments furnished as if they were luxurious living rooms or hospitality suites, 32- and 42-inch outdoor, weatherproof LCD HDTVs have
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FOUR: ONE HANCOCK SQUARE Philadelphia
A kaleidoscope of color and light graces the facade of Erdy McHenry Architecture's mixed-use housing project.
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Fringe Benefits
MIXED-USE AND MULTIFAMILY-HOUSING PROJECTS BRING NEW LIFE TO NEIGHBORHOODS JUST BEYOND THE URBAN CORE, TRANSFORMING THEM INTO PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY PLACES.
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From Sherwood to your wood
Perfect for the hippest castle or forest, Philippe Starck's RobinWood Deluxe Collection of garden furnishings for Sutherland is a playful tour de force in teak and satiny
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Gender specific
Masculine by intent, Vibrato and Vibrato Diamond wall coverings take their cue from the warm tones and textures of wood, leather, and tweed. Designed to satisfy the
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Glassy reclads boost energy efficiency but confound critics
As owners and regulators ponder how to handle the aging of towers built during the time of the first oil shocks, in the 1970s, architects and engineers
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Good vibrations
Taking her cues from the undulating rhythms associated with typical audio and video signals, designer Suzanne Tick imbued her two latest patterns for KnollTextiles with subtle texture
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Gwathmey Siegel & Associates exploresand reinterprets a Modernist design vocabulary for Glenstone, a private museum and residence in Maryland
Anoticeable trend of late seems to be for major art collectors to create their own private museums, much as their Enlightenment forebears did in the 18th century.
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HQ
You asked for it. architectural record meets the needs of its readers; GreenSource gives real data to the sustainability community; ENR unites the construction universe. In e-mails
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Heavy cargo
Around 1910, Albert Ballin built the three great ocean liners for the Kaiser. These three sisters, the Vaterland, the Imperator, and the Bismarck, were the largest ships
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Herzog & de Meuron manipulates materials, space, and structure to transform an abandoned power station into Madrid's CaixaForum
Few protected historic structures have been treated with less respect than Madrid's Central Eléctrica de Mediodía in its transformation into the CaixaForum cultural center. But given the
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Hides to seek
A product of the best Scandinavian hides, Buttersoft semi-aniline, full-top-grain leathers are--as the name implies--extremely supple. They are also durable and easy to maintain. Moreover, they are
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Influential designers get USPS stamp of approval
Charles Eames would have turned 100 on June 17. To commemorate his birthday, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is issuing stamps featuring the collaborative work of
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Integrated Practice in Architecture: Mastering Design-Build, Fast-Track, and Building Information Modeling
by George Elvin. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2007, 255 pages, $70.
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Jullian de la Fuente, Corbusier protégé, dies
Guillaume Jullian de la Fuente, who launched his architectural career as a protégé of Le Corbusier, died on March 22 in Santiago, Chile, of heart failure. He
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Lectures, Conferences, and Symposia
4th Biennial of Urbanism: Urbanism and Tourism
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Lost opportunities in developing urban America
Urban America is changing shape before our eyes. What with transit villages, suburban downtowns, New Urbanism, and the like, a landscape is evolving that, theoretically, melds contemporary
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May 2008, page 176
Our AIA Honor Awards coverage inadvertently omitted the names of two jurors [May 2008, page 176]: Andrew C. Caruso, Assoc. AIA, Washington, D.C., for the Architecture category,
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Mission 66: Modernism and the National Park Dilemma
by Ethan Carr. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, in association with the Library of American Landscape History, 2007, 424 pages, $40.
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Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory
by Judith Dupre. New York: Random House, 252 pages, $45
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New York Renewals
If Philippe Starck is widely known as a design-world provocateur today, then it was his interior design of the Royalton hotel lobby 20 years ago that helped
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New and Upcoming Exhibitions
Prestige or Paradise--Museum Architecture in the 21st Century
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New and improved
Stronger and more flexible, but still easily routed and Class-A fire-rated with specific adhesive and substrate assemblies, postformable ColorCore 2 color-through laminate introduces a welcome level of
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New museums: The good, the bad, and the horribly misguided
Last year marked both the 10th anniversary of Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and the 30th of Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers's Georges Pompidou Center--the two most
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ONE: THE UNION San Diego
With bold moves that respond to context, Jonathan Segal, FAIA, transforms a ramshackle site into an urban mixed-use project.
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Office redux
Inspired by the current renaissance of Italian kitchen designs, the Uffizi office furniture system marries utility and aesthetics with its clean lines, ample work surfaces, functional storage,
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On the cutting edge
An industry first, SunGuard's low-E Royal Blue 40 on clear glass offers a striking azure appearance without the cost, heat absorption, and typical bluish interior light transmitted
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Ongoing Exhibitions
SANAA: Works 1998-2008
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Opening details
Based on the success of its Designer Collection Entrance Sets, introduced last year, Hickory Hardware has created a coordinating line of Designer Collection Hinges in the same
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Plug and play
Designed by the Belgium-based Wim Segers, the Natalia Sofa system is a versatile mix of interchangeable sofa backs and bases that attach or detach to the edge
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Preserving the art of Deco
Dating back to 1934, the Gispen 412 chair by Dutch industrial designer W.H. Gispen is now available in the U.S. exclusively through M2L. Complete with its classic
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Richärd+Bauer draws people through a rusting-steel canyon and into Scottsdale's Arabian Public Library
In the far-flung suburban expanses of greater Phoenix, civic life can be hard to come by. Gated communities define--and depopulate--the street scene. Wide arterials make driving breezy
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Several top architecture schools recently announced a change in leadership
Several top architecture schools recently announced a change in leadership. The University of Pennsylvania named Marilyn Jordan Taylor, a partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the
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Shuhei Endo designed the Miki Disaster Management Park Beans Dome so it would get better with age
Over the past 20 years, Osaka architect Shuhei Endo has built a successful practice by blurring boundaries. Using his favored material, steel, the 48-year-old designer has created
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Six Times the Square
Times Square--beyond its amalgamation of neon lights, theaters, crowds, and traffic--is a kinetic environment that invites spectator participation. This "boundless dynamic," in the words of architect/product designer/artist
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Steven Holl provides a new home for the NYU Department of Philosophy with porosity in mind
Crowded into one floor of an old classroom building until 2007, New York University's philosophy department had quarters far less grand than its top-notch reputation. Its new
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Students help rebuild Greensburg
May 4 marked the one-year anniversary of the EF-5 tornado that destroyed most of Greensburg, Kansas. As part of a townwide green initiative, students from the state's
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Super graphics
Woven with 100 perfect Sunbrella solution-dyed acrylic, the Sina Pearson sateenlike Oasis collection of outdoor upholstery fabrics is not only colorfast and fadeproof, but weather- and mildew-resistant.
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Suzanne Stephens replies:
The writer appears to be unaware that both of the German buildings he cites were executed before the Nazis came to power. Indeed, one was designed in
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THREE: SWITCH BUILDING New York City
nArchitects sets the front and back facades of this mid-rise apartment building in motion to capture views and light.
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TWO: PRD845 Phoenix
Studio Ma transforms an existing parking lot at Phoenix's urban edge into 12 mid-rise cubiform contemporary units.
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Tales of Turning the Corner
Small design-oriented offices often crave larger or different kinds of work. Here are some tips from those who succeeded.
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Terrazzo redux
Composed of recycled brown, green, and blue glass chips blended together with a color-coated aggregate, Stonblend GSI-G presents a seamless, environmentally friendly flooring alternative for institutional, public,
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The exhibition, After the Flood: Building on Higher Ground
The exhibition, After the Flood: Building on Higher Ground, which RECORD conceived and organized for the U.S. Pavilion at the 2006 Venice Architectural Biennale, finally landed in
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The grass is greener
Developed for home lawns, common areas, sports fields, and golf courses, this company's six environmentally friendly turfgrasses thrive in warm- season and transition-zone climates with less water
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The wellness factor
Created for health care interiors, the Heiko vinyl surface collection features carefully edited families of resilient, hygienic, low-VOC wall and floor materials in tranquil colors and textures.
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