Competitions
The 12th Annual Portland CANstruction Design Competition
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
 |
Cooling trends
Special technology built into the Trane ComfortLink II system connects select components of the company's residential HVAC products, enabling them to digitally communicate with one another. Designed
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Could taking on owner's rep work be a good move for you?
You trained as an architect, so you work as an architect, right? Maybe not all the time. Some architects are hiring themselves out as owner's representatives or
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Denver's Clyfford Still Museum
Denver's Clyfford Still Museum will be a "a series of spaces that provide moments for introspection and repose," says architect Brad Cloepfil, principal of Allied Works Architecture.
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
DesignBuildBLUFF: Drawing on two-by-fours
Then, visit the functional and beautiful homes designed by the University of Utah's DesignBuildBLUFF.
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Drawing on tradition, Atelier Bow-Wow's Nora House revives Sendai's suburbs with a fresh approach to family living
To the casual observer, Japan may seem slow in catching on to the current ecofriendly trend that has taken the architectural world by storm. But an awareness
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
ENDNOTES
* FMI, a construction management consultant and investment banking firm, bought the Advanced Management Institute, which offers leadership development and training to architects and engineers.
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Ecotextural wall coverings
One of a series of GreenSpec-certified wall coverings designed by textile artist Docey Lewis, the "Intertwined" Maganda (shown in Green Tea) is hand woven in the Philippines
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Edward A. Feiner, FAIA
Edward A. Feiner, FAIA, who Esquire hailed as the "most powerful architect in America" when he was chief architect of the General Services Administration, is on the
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
FEMA testing alternatives to flawed trailers
Some three years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita swept through the Gulf of Mexico, temporary housing provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) remains in the
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Finishing touch
Developed for numerous interior effects and applications, QC Concrete Dye is a translucent, micronized, chemically inert, nonreactive pigment that penetrates deep into a concrete overlay surface or
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Fire guts VilLa NM
New York's Kenoza Lake is a sleepy Catskills hamlet where activity all but stops during winter. The seasonal quiet was broken on the evening of February 5,
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Firm commitment
I was pleased to find B.J. Novitski's "Practice Matters" column [March 2008, "Opportunity is the key to hiring and retaining talented staff," page 71], sandwiched between critiques
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Flexible Italian formworks system is transformed into its own traveling exhibition
From decorative to structural, this month's roundup represents the state of the art and technology involved in such innovative materials and processes as versatile steel-frame formworks, light-transmitting concrete panels, special flooring finis
...
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Gehry's Winton Guest House finds new home
A whimsical guesthouse designed by Frank Gehry, completed in 1987, will be moved from its site in Orono, Minnesota, to the University of St. Thomas's Daniel C.
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
GenerativeComponents comes of age
With the official release of GenerativeComponents as part of Bentley Systems' MicroStation platform late last year, this parametric design tool could be poised to move beyond its
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Graves tapped for "architectural Peace Corps"
Michael Graves, FAIA, has channeled many avatars during his career, from one of the academically minded New York Five in the 1970s to a populist product designer
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
HL23
When the first phase of New York City's elevated High Line park opens in 2009, so will one of its most spectacular neighbors: HL23, a 14-story, 11-unit
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
High society outshines high Modernism
When housing prices seemed like they'd never stop climbing, developers were using architects' names as selling points. Now they're hoping that Hollywood and royalty will lend a
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
In sprawling Los Angeles, Drisko Studio Architects reinvent a vintage typology for the Maltman Bungalows
You can find pretty much anything in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles: a pair of limited-edition sneakers, an obscure gourmet cheese, or a copy of
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
In suburban Chile, Marc Frohn and Mario Rojas experiment with four sets of enclosures in the Wall House
With a limited budget of $147,000 and a 1.25-acre parcel of land in the suburbs of Santiago, Chile, a retired couple approached Marc Frohn and Mario Rojas
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Inside Interiors
B.J. Novitski's practice column was a useful adjunct to your major project profiles and provided a compelling message to firm principals on how to address staff retention.
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Johnson's Ball House to dodge wrecking ball?
Philip Johnson was perhaps the most famous of the Harvard Five and the only one of these noted midcentury Modernists whose entire residential oeuvre remains standing. That
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Julia Morgan: Architect of Beauty
by Mark A. Wilson. Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith Publisher, 2007, 213 pages, $60.
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
LEED-ing the way
A patented dry method of polished concrete-floor or surface restoration, the VOC-free FGS PermaShine System gains points for the LEED certification of a building through the LEED
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Lectures, Conferences, and Symposia
The Chicago Bird Agenda: Bird Safe Building Design Aspects
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Light*house
Containers and cranes are being shipped out to make way for residents and workers in the Light*house district, a $361 million waterfront redevelopment in Århus, Denmark. The
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
March 2008, page 53
A caption accompanying a photo of Randall Stout's Art Museum of Western Virginia in the essay "Subject and Object: Museums After Bilbao" [March 2008, page 53] mistakenly
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Midcentury design at risk in New Orleans
New Orleans's 20th-century architectural heritage is at risk due to the public's desire to see the storm-damaged city rebuilt quickly and a general disregard for structures of
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Modular storage expansion
Originally designed by architect Chi Wing Lo in 1995 as a modular storage init, the Oli system has been augmented for built-in use in walk-in closets and
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Museum form and function
Joseph Giovannini's piece on the community impact of new museums such as Frank Gehry's Guggenheim in Bilbao emphasized an issue that I've been attuned to over the
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Nature's clone
Notable for its realistic stone appearance, ProStone Manufactured Stone Veneer is a cementious product that provides the aesthetic and structural properties of the real thing without the
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
New and Upcoming Exhibitions
Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen evokes Thoreau's simple cabin in the woods with rolling huts in rural Montana
While Henry David Thoreau's solitary sojourn at Walden Pond lasted two years, two weeks, and two days, it took Michal Friedrich, owner of Delta Shelter, also known
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Ongoing Exhibitions
Contemporary Architectural Drawings
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Pushing the envelope: Darren Petrucci reinvents the vacation guesthouse with the VH R-10 ghouse on Martha's Vineyard
Restrictive zoning, rather than necessity, is often the mother of architectural invention. Made to withstand the harsh winters of Martha's Vineyard while treading lightly on the island,
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Rapidly Renewable Materials' Complex Calculus
EVALUATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ALTERNATIVE BUILDING PRODUCTS IS MORE INVOLVED THAN A STRAIGHTFORWARD EXAMINATION OF THE LENGTH OF PLANTING AND HARVEST CYCLES
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Record Houses 2008
April 2008 counts as a transformative moment. In less than a year, oil, which had hovered around $60 per barrel in 2007, has broken the $100 ceiling
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Record Houses2008
For this year's Record Houses, we selected projects that demonstrate innovative approaches to environmental sustainability. In his introduction, guest editor Christopher Hawthorne explores the motives and results of this focus. The Editors
...
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Rock-solid veneer
Appropriate for numerous residential and commercial projects, interior and exterior, Realstone Systems natural stone veneer panels are fabricated in hand-selected, split slate, quartz, limestone, and sandstone. Available
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Secure hold
Engineered to meet the new stringent International Building Code (IBC) requirement of strength, the Power-Stud+SD2 carbon-steel bolt is a one-piece, fully threaded wedge anchor with a stainless-steel
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Shedding new light on a pair of maligned projects
A few random field notes on Renzo Piano's new Broad Contemporary Art Museum building at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Sheer dichotomy
Defying all previous assumptions, TranslucentConcrete by Andreas Bittis for the German manufacturer Florack is a high-density product that can be fabricated in up to 48" x 79"
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Skene Catling de la Peña combines sustainability and seduction at the Dairy House in Somerset, England
The new buzz words of the 21st century--"organic," "ecofriendly," "sustainable"--have inundated today's architectural vocabulary despite their indifference to definition. When you get down to it, whether a
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Sketching that links light with land
Most Texans try to stay out of the sun. Max Levy, FAIA, finds ways to play with the intense Texas light and other natural elements in his
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Streamlined cuisine
Notable for its singular engineering and uncompromised aesthetic in the realm of kitchens, Bulthaup is constantly evolving its designs. The b3 monoblock extends the company's Minimalist philosophy
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Studio Mumbai names two louvered boxes Palmyra house after a popular Indian tree
It is said that the Palmyra tree can be used in 800 different ways. Its leaves make fine hats, thatching, umbrellas, mats, and baskets; its fruits and
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Sustainable resilience
Manufactured with a patent-pending technology that reduces the use of fossil fuel, Migrations BioBased Tile is made from limestone, 10 percent preconsumer recyled material, and the company's
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe, Arizona, doesn't have a lot of historic buildings, so with two new, mixed-use projects it is taking care to build on two of the city's oldest
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
The Architectural Billings Index lost 4.4 points
The Architectural Billings Index lost 4.4 points in January, for a score of 50.7. Although anything above 50 indicates growth, this sharp fall suggests that broader concern
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
The Sagaponac effect: Modern subdivisions multiply
Nilay Oza, a project architect for the well-known Houses at Sagaponac, in the Hamptons on Long Island, has found that real estate developers want to emulate this
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
The reflective life, with earth and mirrors
When your clients are conceptual artists, as Irish architect Dominic Stevens's were for the Mimetic House, ordinary is out of the question. But commonplace is not Stevens's
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Thomas Krens
Thomas Krens, director of The Guggenheim Foundation, is ending a 20-year tenure as one of the most celebrated and criticized museum directors in the world. In 1991,
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
True Green: Lessons from 1960s'-70s' Counterculture Archiecture
o much depends on the perception of a post-petroleum future, a single tree, melting ice caps, Al Gore's waistline, innovations in alternative energies, and C.E.O.s who convince
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Two schools
Martin Filler's Critique on current museum design influences reminds us that in our constantly shifting world of art and architecture, we have room for all schools of
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Two schools
Congratulations to ARCHITECTURAL RECORD for adding the voice of Martin Filler to your fine group of columnists. I believe he will prove to be an influential voice
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Venice, CA: Art + Architecture in a Maverick Community
by Michael Webb. New York: Abrams, 2007, 190 pages, $40.
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Werner Sobek's explorations in sustainability maintain the elegance of a Minimal design for the H16 House near Stuttgart
It's hardly a secret that Germany has long been at the forefront of energy-saving design. Even back in the early Modern days, its health-oriented obsession with getting
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Windows of opportunity
Welcome news for fenestration specifiers: Weather Shield has expanded its line of exterior window and door wood-casing options. The expanded offering--for the Collections, Legacy, Weather Shield, and
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
With the AOC slot still open, AIA urges action
After a year has passed without a permanent replacement being named for the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has stepped up
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
With the Glenburn House in rural Australia, Sean Godsell perfects an ecofriendly prototype
Eighty percent of Australians live within 80 miles of the sea; 50 percent of the country's houses sit less than 8 miles from a beach. When Sean
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Women and the Making of the Modern House
by Alice T. Friedman. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007, 242 pages, $30.
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Young residential architects invade Mongolia
The Chinese tycoon Cai Jiang has enlisted 100 of the world's most promising emerging architects to design a villa each for his new real estate development in
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
Zaha Hadid has designed a movable art gallery
Zaha Hadid has designed a movable art gallery for Chanel. Karl Lagerfeld, the company's director of collections, gathered 20 artists--including Wim Delvoye, Stephen Shore, and Yoko Ono--to
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
www.bendheimwall.com
Bendheim Wall Systems, a leading provider of channel-glass wall systems and the exclusive distributor of Lamberts channel-glass wall systems has launched a new web site. In it,
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
www.carbonneutralroofing.com
With a section devoted to architects, Green River and Black Hawk's new Web site focuses on the environmental and energy-saving benefits of its cedar-shake roofing--in particular, the
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
www.dacor.com
Dacor's new Web portal is notable for its enhanced interactive tools and easy-to-use navigation tools that highlight the design details of its distinctive kitchen appliances. You will
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
www.designguide.com
This award-winning online resource and forum for the building and design industries has just launched a new platform with compelling visuals and state-of-the-art features. The site hosts
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
www.graysofwestminster. co.uk/tour
To demonstrate the capabilities of its sophisticated design and presentation software, VectorWorks is directing potential users to visit the work of U.K. architect Michael Eleftheriades, who developed
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
www.rewardwalls.com
This manufacturer of insulated concrete forms has upped the ante on its informative Web site with special areas to address the needs of architects, developers, and construction
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
www.siematic.com
SieMatic has received the top Red Dot Design Award in communication design for its newly revamped Web site. Maintaining the company's cutting-edge design standard, the site features
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
www.sunguardglass.com
In an effort to assist design professionals and specifiers, manufacturer Guardian Glass has updated its Web site with a performance comparison tool that facilitates the selection and
Publication Date: APR 2008
|
|
1 Write on
From September 24 to 29, 2007, Habitat Valencia Forward showed off products that were as lively and colorful as the Spanish port city that played host. Local designers were among the top talents and emerging stars, as were neighbors from Barcelo
...
Publication Date: MAR 2008
|
|
14-karat carpet
The metallic yarns used in Glitz and Glamour carpet produces subtle iridescent effects. A linear-patterned, textured loop, Glamour is available in broadloom and 24''-square modular tile. Thirteen
Publication Date: MAR 2008
|
|
2 A perfect perch
From September 24 to 29, 2007, Habitat Valencia Forward showed off products that were as lively and colorful as the Spanish port city that played host. Local designers were among the top talents and emerging stars, as were neighbors from Barcelo
...
Publication Date: MAR 2008
|
|
3 It's showtime
From September 24 to 29, 2007, Habitat Valencia Forward showed off products that were as lively and colorful as the Spanish port city that played host. Local designers were among the top talents and emerging stars, as were neighbors from Barcelo
...
Publication Date: MAR 2008
|
|
3XN turns a brownfield into a green roof
A brownfield in Norway will be going green, literally, thanks to a new master plan that calls for a rolling green roof to shelter a new cultural
Publication Date: MAR 2008
|
|
4 Tip-top shape
From September 24 to 29, 2007, Habitat Valencia Forward showed off products that were as lively and colorful as the Spanish port city that played host. Local designers were among the top talents and emerging stars, as were neighbors from Barcelo
...
Publication Date: MAR 2008
|
|
5 Shiny happy seating
From September 24 to 29, 2007, Habitat Valencia Forward showed off products that were as lively and colorful as the Spanish port city that played host. Local designers were among the top talents and emerging stars, as were neighbors from Barcelo
...
Publication Date: MAR 2008
|
|
A fence wraps the forest in the sound of music
At once brash and subdued, the Cor-Ten-steel FLEXfence snakes over the contours of a hardwood forest, creating an energetic musical score across the seasons for its quintessential
Publication Date: MAR 2008
|
|
| |
| Architectural Record |
  Previous 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 .. Next   |
| |
