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Celebrating Green
The decade-long history of the AIA Committee on the Environment's Top Ten Green Projects program is a portrait of evolution in the field.
by Kira Gould January 3, 2007 | 
(Nic Lehoux) |
A Grand Design Team Selected for Rutgers Grand Redesign Plans
Green spaces and connecting the campus to the river will create places as much for the community as the campus
by ArchNewsNow December 14, 2006 | 
(TEN Arquitectos) |
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From Confinement to Liberty: The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center by Blackburn Architects with BOORA Architects
Cincinnati, Ohio: A riverfront museum embodies the geography of escape.
by John Meadows, AIA November 17, 2006 | 
(J. Miles Wolf) |
Green Roots: New Jiang Wan Cultural Center by RTKL
Shanghai: While the skyline explodes in a thicket of skyscrapers, a cultural center beckons to a new era of environmental concerns.
by ArchNewsNow November 7, 2006 | 
(RTKL) |
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Found in Space: Griffith Observatory's New Exhibitions by C&G Partners, with Pfeiffer Partners and Levin & Associates Architects
Los Angeles, California: Innovative exhibits for an iconic institution are designed to build an appetite for discovery.
by ArchNewsNow November 3, 2006 | 
(Justin Donais / Courtesy of Friends of the Observatory) |
Seeing Red: (Product) Red "Pop-Up" Store by WalkerGroup and Motorola
A temporary retail store in the heart of Chicago is all heart for a good cause.
by ArchNewsNow October 20, 2006 | 
(Jeffrey Lau) |
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Natural Carpet Ride: North Carolina Museum of Art Expansion by Thomas Phifer and Partners and Peter Walker and Partners
Raleigh, North Carolina: Skylights and garden galleries create a firmly grounded museum expansion that sits softly on the land.
by ArchNewsNow October 6, 2006 | 
(Thomas Phifer and Partners Architects) |
New Frontiers in Science and Design: ASU Biodesign Institute by Gould Evans and Lord, Aeck & Sargent
Tempe, Arizona: When architects were asked to be as innovative and hi-tech as their client, collaborative team expertise delivered the vision.
by ArchNewsNow September 20, 2006 | 
(Timothy Hursley) |
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Sex and the City Part 2: Field Notes from the 10th Venice Architecture Biennale
The message seems to be that if we merge greater intelligence about the common good with our traditional urge to procreate as individuals, we might have half a chance to thrive as a species several generations hence.
by Margaret Helfand, FAIA September 14, 2006 | 
(Jon Turner) |
Sex and the City Part 1: Field Notes from the 10th Venice Architecture Biennale
Libidos on fire in Venice: Urbanism may not be sexy, but our lives may depend on it.
by Margaret Helfand, FAIA September 12, 2006 | 
(Jon Turner) |
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INSIGHT: Sounding Good: Inspired by the classics, the acoustician for Nashville's new Schermerhorn Symphony Center explains how architecture and acoustics take a concert hall into the future
by Paul Scarbrough, Akustiks September 7, 2006 | 
(R.K. Powers) |
Please Walk on the Grass: Recreation and Play in the Contemporary City
An exhibition explores the reinvention of urban public spaces to meet the demands of 21st century recreation and leisure.
by Zoë Ryan, Senior Curator, Van Alen Institute September 6, 2006 | 
(Martha Schwartz Inc.) |
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INSIGHT: Iconicity: Finding Your Voice in a Changing World
Iconicity taps into the deeper emotional needs of consumers through experiential, implicit signals that transcend the more rational elements of price and convenience.
by Kenneth Nisch August 22, 2006 | 
(JGA) |
Fine Tuning: Utah State University Performance Hall by Sasaki Associates
Logan, Utah: Inspired by the surrounding mountains, a new building establishes a campus arts precinct that bridges the town/gown divide.
by ArchNewsNow August 8, 2006 | 
(Robert Benson Photography) |
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Northwest Expansion: The Portland Art Museum by Ann Beha Architects and SERA Architects
Portland, Oregon: Sensitive historic restoration combined with contemporary design expands a museum into a dynamic new art center.
by ArchNewsNow August 1, 2006 | 
(P. Vanderwarker) |
"G" is for Genome (and Green): Terrence Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research by architectsAlliance and Behnisch Architekten
Toronto, Canada: A new campus building is a symbolic and physical bridge between an academic community and the city.
by ArchNewsNow July 19, 2006 | 
(Tom Arban) |
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Reference This
Two views on trends in public and academic libraries
by Kenneth Caldwell June 27, 2006 | 
(Ray King) |
So Tall: International High-Rise Prize 2006 Goes to Barcelona's Torre Agbar by Jean Nouvel
Commendations to: Calatrava; Delugan Meissl Architects; mecanoo architecten; and Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop
by ArchNewsNow May 22, 2006 | 
(Philippe Ruault) |
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INSIGHT: Public/Private Space & Yonge-Dundas Square
Toronto: Pubic/private-sector collaboration and a shared vision deliver CPR to a once-blighted square, and offers a lesson in successfully blurring the lines between the two.
by Effie Bouras, Assoc. AIA April 27, 2006 | 
(Courtesy City of Toronto- media services) |
Green Engineering: Northwestern University Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center by Davis Brody Bond
Evanston, Illinois: Engineering and design education now cross traditional departmental boundaries in a light-filled, LEED Silver campus building.
by ArchNewsNow March 28, 2006 | 
(Neil Alexander Photography) |
