CELEBRATING RAIN OR SHINE

When architectural designer Eimar Boesjes and landscape designer Anita Van Asperdt began building their Dutch Modern dream house in the wooded Oregon hills, they decided to celebrate, rather than bemoan, the rainy climate. Four large roof segments channel the downpour onto poetically located boulders, on its way to a storage cistern. The house, looking boldy out across a preserved pocket of green space, is as cozy as it is practical. Next week, Portland writer Ted Katauskas leads our tour.

THE WORK OF ROBERT FRANK, PERSPECTIVIST

San Francisco architectural perspectivist Robert Frank experiments with combining traditional and digital media. He aims to create images that can evolve throughout design, to quickly produce alternative studies, and to incorporate changes as needed. His techniques draw on both the newest computer technologies and the oldest principles of color manipulation. Next week, ArchitectureWeek contributing editor Darlene Brady examines those techniques and explains how he achieves his effects.

STILL BEAUTIFUL AFTER 25 YEARS

In December, the American Institute of Architects announced that its 2001 "Twenty-five-Year Award" will be given to the Weyerhaeuser Headquarters in Tacoma, Washington. This award is given annually to a building that exemplifies design of enduring significance. The Weyerhaeuser Headquarters was completed in 1971 by the San Francisco office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP and the landscape architect Peter Walker. Said jury chair John Belle, FAIA, "The original design concept, which emphasized the total integration of architecture and landscape, has withstood the test of time beautifully."