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UPDATE 07/16/03: Designing the High Line: Competition Insights - and Results
17 winners and 720 entries now online&hellip
Three jurors, the competition coordinator, and Friends of the High Line co-founders offer their thoughts about - and hopes for - one of Manhattan's most unique urban environments.
by Claire Weisz, AIA April 21, 2003 | 
(Ken Smith/Ken Smith Landscape Architect) |
Reinventing a Landmark: Museum of Arts & Design by Allied Works Architecture
New York City: Adored and reviled, misused and unused for years, 2 Columbus Circle is about to get a new lease on life - and an entirely new look. Is it the birth or death of a landmark?
by Kristen Richards April 7, 2003 | 
((c) www.dboxstudio.com) |
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BOOKSHELF: Women in Architecture
Books by or about female (and minority) architects and their work are few and far between...
by Ellen Louer March 27, 2003 | 
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Pampered Privacy: Malliouhana Spa by Earl Swensson Associates
Anguilla, British West Indies: A lush tropical setting offers design cues for a Caribbean spa.
by ArchNewsNow March 24, 2003 | 
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Enter Here: New Street Parking Garage by Frazier Associates
Staunton, Virginia: Strolling New Street, one would never guess there's a parking structure behind those charming facades.
by ArchNewsNow March 11, 2003 | 
(Jason Hottel Photography) |
A 21st-Century Workplace: ADC Telecommunications Global Headquarters by Hammel, Green & Abrahamson (HGA)
Eden Prairie, Minnesota: An architectural vocabulary creates a transparent, democratic campus for the multicultural workforce of an international high-tech company.
by ArchNewsNow February 18, 2003 | 
(George Heinrich Photography) |
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Good Urbanism: RiverPark Master Plan by AC Martin Partners
Oxnard, California: 700 acres of abandoned gravel-mining pits and a failed commercial project to be transformed into a model economically viable, environmentally sound, livable community.
by ArchNewsNow February 10, 2003 | 
(AC Martin Partners (ACMP)) |
BOOKSHELF: The City of Brotherly Love takes center stage in two beautiful new volumes
by Ellen Louer February 5, 2003 | 
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A New Yet Familiar Neighbor: Goldman School of Public Policy UC Berkeley by Architectural Resources Group
A new annex becomes a hands-on experience in preservation and urban design policy that garners neighborhood groups and local preservationists approval.
by Kenneth Caldwell January 30, 2003 | 
(David Wakely) |
East Meets West on the Waterfront: Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay by Michael Wilford & Partners; DP Architects; Theatre Projects Consultants; and Artec Consultants
Singapore: A performing arts complex 30 years in the making puts a strictly-business city on the international cultural map.
by Kristen Richards January 16, 2003 | 
(Eujin Goh) |
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10 Titles to Inspire, Inform, and Amuse
From pleasures to patterns, and waterfronts to wonders (and even something for dummies)
by Ellen Louer December 17, 2002 | 
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Not Your Father's Car Dealer: Jaguar of Tampa by JGA, Inc. and Illuminating Concepts
Tampa, Florida: Classy cars take center stage in a traffic-stopping showroom.
by Kristen Richards December 10, 2002 | 
(Scott Stephens/Illuminating Concepts) |
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INSIGHT: Creating an Arbor for Art in Fort Worth
Just how was Tadao Ando's design for Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth translated into a concrete reality? The engineers explain the solutions that range from the exotic to the purely functional.
by David B. Spires, P.E., Leo J. Galletta, P.E., and Leonard M. December 3, 2002 | 
(David B. Spires/Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers) |
Symphonic Shimmer: Dortmund Concert Hall by Architekten Schröder Schulte-Ladbeck Strothmann
Dortmund, Germany: A new concert hall hits all the right notes for the renaissance of an urban neighborhood.
by Kristen Richards November 19, 2002 | 
(architects schröder schulte-ladbeck strothmann) |
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Exhibition/Award: Borneo Sporenburg Residential Waterfront, Amsterdam, by West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture
Two docks in Amsterdam take on new life as a suburban-style housing project, pick up an award for urban design, and get star billing at an exhibition at Harvard Design School.
by ArchNewsNow November 13, 2002 | 
(West 8) |
City on a Site: Simmons Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Steven Holl Architects
Cambridge, Massachusetts: A new campus dormitory goes well beyond typical cinder block and laminates - the words "pixilated" and "audacious" come to mind.
by David Sokol November 5, 2002 | 
(Kevin McCarthy) |
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Green Values: Environmental Defense Office by Envision Design (updated January 2005)
Washington, DC: An environmental organization doesn't give up having a beautiful space just so it can be "green."
by Kristen Richards October 29, 2002 | 
(Michael Moran) |
Company Cultures: Red Tettemer Advertising and Electronic Ink by Agoos/Lovera Architects
Philadelphia: One firm gives two companies in the same Center City office building two very different personae.
by Kristen Richards October 24, 2002 | 
(Matt Wargo Photography) |
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Exhibition: Ecology, Economy, Equity: The Architecture of William McDonough + Partners at the Atlanta International Museum
"Being less bad is not being good" is a tune we all should learn.
by Kristen Richards October 15, 2002 | 
(William McDonough + Partners (WMP)) |
Moribund Mall Makeover: Sherman Oaks Galleria by Gensler
Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles), California: An iconic shopping mall bucks the dead-mall trend with a mixed-use formula.
by ArchNewsNow October 9, 2002 | 
(Benny Chan / fotoworks) |
