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INSIGHT: Condos Breathe New Life into Old Offices
Historic office buildings are increasingly being reinvented as condominiums in CBDs (central business districts) across the country.
by Mark Harbick, AIA November 29, 2005 | 
(David Wakely) |
High Tech High-Los Angeles by Berliner and Associates, Architecture
Van Nuys, California: A new charter school is an incubator for new ideas and new approaches to learning - and teaching - technology.
by ArchNewsNow November 4, 2005 | 
(Tom Bonner) |
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Second Look: Tracey Towers by Paul Rudolph, 1972
Bronx, NY: How did Rudolph, a restless and challenging architectural mind, end up doing subsidized housing in the Bronx?
by Fred Bernstein October 13, 2005 | 
(Fred Bernstein) |
INSIGHT: Vancouverism vs. Lower Manhattanism: Shaping the High Density City
by Trevor Boddy, Architecture Critic, The Vancouver Sun September 20, 2005 | 
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INSIGHT: Downtown Vancouver's Last Resort: How Did "Living First" Become "Condos Only?"
by Trevor Boddy August 11, 2005 | 
(Courtesy City of Vancouver Planning Department) |
INSIGHT: Old Governor's Mansion: Turning a House into a Public Building
Milledgeville, Georgia: A preservation architect explains how HVAC systems were integrated and life safety codes addressed without destroying the historic fabric of a National Historic Landmark.
by Susan Turner, AIA August 9, 2005 | 
(© Jonathan Hillyer) |
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Rethinking Form and Function: Swarthmore College Unified Science Center by Einhorn Yaffee Prescott and Helfand Architecture
Swarthmore, PA: A "green" science center becomes an intellectual and social magnet for an entire campus.
by ArchNewsNow July 19, 2005 | 
(Jeff Goldberg/Esto) |
Exhibition Review: "The 60s: Montréal Thinks Big" at the Canadian Centre for Architecture
The 1960s: just long enough ago to be familiar, yet far enough in the past to look back at this time of radical urban redevelopment with some degree of objectivity.
by Terri Whitehead May 17, 2005 | 
(Société de la Place des Arts de Montréal, courtesy ARCOP Group) |
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Discovery and Collaboration = Chemical Reaction: University of Missouri-Columbia Life Sciences Center by Anshen+Allen Architects in association with BNIM Architects
Columbia, MO: A variety of interaction areas, clustered faculty offices, and an inviting atrium encourage interdisciplinary research and make science a part of everyday campus life.
by Gregory Blackburn, AIA April 7, 2005 | 
(John Edward Linden) |
Remembrance: Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem by Moshe Safdie and Associates
Jerusalem: A new museum tells a dark story, and then bursts through to the light.
by ArchNewsNow March 29, 2005 | 
(Ardon Bar Hama) |
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Home-grown: Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner Takes on the World
Berlin: "Export" at the German Center for Architecture shows off home-grown talent exporting their architectural finesse around the world.
by ArchNewsNow March 15, 2005 | 
(Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner) |
Wild about Saffron
New York City: a February Tuesday in Central Park; 55 degrees and sunny...
by Kristen Richards February 21, 2005 | 
(Kristen Richards) |
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Artful Elegance: University of Oklahoma Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art by Hugh Newell Jacobsen, FAIA
Norman, OK: A residential scale and crisp refinement form the perfect backdrop for a stellar art collection.
by ArchNewsNow January 20, 2005 | 
(Robert Lautman) |
Castle Keep: Boston Smith & Wollensky by Haverson Architecture and Design
Boston: Elegance and Americana make a perfect recipe for a classic steakhouse.
by ArchNewsNow January 13, 2005 | 
(Peter Paige Photography) |
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The Daniel Performing and Visual Arts Center, Simon's Rock College of Bard by Ann Beha Architects
Great Barrington, Massachusetts: A unique school builds a cultural haven in the Berkshire Hills.
by ArchNewsNow November 30, 2004 | 
(© P. Vanderwarker) |
Second Look: New York Hall of Science by Wallace K. Harrison/Harrison and Abramovitz, 1964; Polshek Partnership Architects, 2004
Queens, NY: Its power undiminished after 40 years, a 20th century cathedral to science is about to be rediscovered as a luminous addition debuts this week.
by Fred A. Bernstein November 23, 2004 | 
(Polshek Partnership Architects) |
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In His Own Words: Luxembourg's New Concert Hall by Christian de Portzamparc
A new home for the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg is one of a number of cultural projects underway as the city prepares itself for its second stint as European Capital of Culture.
by ArchNewsNow.com November 11, 2004 | 
(Atelier Christian de Portzamparc) |
Beauty in Garbage: Naka Incineration Plant by Yoshio Taniguchi
Hiroshima: An incineration plant is devised as real-time science museum and tourist destination (complete with waterfront park).
by Fred A. Bernstein November 9, 2004 | 
(Fred A. Bernstein) |
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Second Look: George Washington Bridge Bus Station / Pier Luigi Nervi, 1963
One of Nervi's few completed projects outside Italy is a superb example of the poetry he wrought from ferro-concrete.
by Fred A. Bernstein November 2, 2004 | 
(Photo courtesy of The Port Authority of NY & NJ - Mara Herbert - Photographer) |
Healing Stories: Renovating San Francisco's Ronald McDonald House
Architects answered yes in the 1980s and again in the new century.
by Kenneth Caldwell October 21, 2004 | 
(David Wakely) |
