http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/ Full issue contents of ArchitectureWeek - The magazine of design and building en-us Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ArchitectureWeek Editorial System editor@architectureweek.com editor@architectureweek.com http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/news_1-1.html The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced in May its 2006 list of the 11 "Most Endangered Historic Places" in the United States. These buildings have been damaged or threatened by hurricanes, terrorists, development pressures, or simple neglect. The organization issues this list to bring public attention to heritage structures that might be preserved if rescued in time. Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/news_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/news_2-1.html In celebration of Earth Day, the Committee on the Environment COTE of the American Institute of Architects annually selects ten buildings that demonstrate exemplary "green" design and construction methods. The AIA's 2006 "Top Ten Green" buildings successfully integrate architecture, technology, and natural systems. Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/news_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/news_3-1.html In an age when sleek glass and steel seem to dominate design headlines, there is still room for creativity in the venerable media of stone and tile. To celebrate accomplishments with these materials, the international trade show and conference "Coverings," managed by National Trade Productions and sponsored by several industry associations, recently presented the winners of two awards programs. Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/news_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/news_4-1.html Jane Jacobs, who turned 20thcentury modernist urban thinking on its head in 1961 with the publication of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, died last week in Toronto, nine days shy of her 90th birthday. Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/news_4-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/design_1-1.html Contemporary residences by Australian and New Zealand architects share several common themes, most notably a sense of environmental stewardship and a desire to blend with the surrounding landscape, whether it's a historic urban street or a protected coastline. These architects favor indooroutdoor rooms and often zone houses into pavilions. "Green" features abound, including natural ventilation, use of natural materials, photovoltaic panels, and rainwater collection systems. And often, the location itself is spectacular and framed in views from the interior. Editor Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/design_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/design_2-1.html From the New York brownstone to the Shanghai shop house, the rowhouse enjoys widespread success as an urban housing type. A midrise infill development in Buenos Aires, designed by Argentinean firm Canda Gazaneo Unga, illustrates the rich potential of this type, translating it into an elegant modern idiom and configuring it to achieve contemporary urban densities. Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/design_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/design_3-1.html On a former industrial site in East London, overlooking the Limehouse Cut canal, renowned housing designers Jestico Whiles have completed work on Abbotts Wharf, a landmark housing development. It is situated in the ethnically diverse regeneration area known as Limehouse, an upandcoming neighborhood with commuter links and views to the center of London. Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/design_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/building_1-1.html "Downtown L.A." may not be an oxymoron much longer, because when the construction dust finally settles, the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles, California will have its own urban center. Ten years ago nobody would have believed it, but since an adaptive reuse ordinance was adopted in 1999 to eliminate many regulatory barriers, construction investment in downtown L.A. has ballooned to 12.2 billion. This according to a study released in February 2006 by the Downtown Center Business Improvement District DCBID. Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/building_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/building_2-1.html When you hear "modular classroom building," what do you think of Cheap gray boxes on cinderblocks Tacky trailers covered with vinyl "brick" siding Such makeshift classrooms can be seen next to schools and colleges all across the United States temporary solutions to space shortages that seem to hang around for years. Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/building_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/tools_1-1.html In my thirdyear architectural design studio at the California Polytechnic State University, assignments are crafted to encourage students to refine skills in both digital and analog media physical modeling and traditional drawings to allow them to see the advantages and disadvantages of both, to develop a critical attitude toward media, and to develop a design project using these tools. Early design exercises are exploratory, and students are encouraged to use formZ for its iterative ability and its facility in generating rich graphic vocabularies that suggest spatial character and experience. This is balanced with physicalmodel building and traditional drawings to sort out issues of scale and siting. Later exercises require students to translate early vocabularies into functional building elements. Associate Professor Thomas Fowler, IV Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/tools_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/environment_1-1.html More than just resourceefficient buildings, projects from Venezuela, Germany, Italy, and Canada recently chosen as recipients of the first global Holcim Awards demonstrate "sustainability" as integration with their larger urban, social, and technological context. They were recently selected from 15 finalists after a series of regional competitions with more than 3,000 submissions from 118 countries. Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/environment_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/environment_2-1.html Fiftyoneyearold Kengo Kuma, among the bestknown Japanese architects of his generation, tends to use each of his residential commissions to explore a single building material. In a dense Tokyo neighborhood, for example, he designed the socalled Plastic House. Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/environment_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/environment_3-1.html As a noted architectural experimenter, Japanese architect Shigeru Ban was a natural choice as keynote speaker to open the studentrun HOPES Holistic Options for Planet Earth Sustainability conference for 2006 in April. Now in its 12th year, the conference weaves together a mix of architectural scholars, practitioners, and students to promote a deeper understanding of sustainable design issues. Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/environment_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/culture_1-1.html Volunteers of all types dedicate themselves to improving the human condition. Some architects, for instance, donate their time pro bono to groups that could otherwise not afford the design and advocacy services needed to improve their built environments. Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/culture_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/culture_2-1.html When Germanborn architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the famous twintower Lake Shore Drive Apartments in Chicago, these modern icons, also known as the "Glass Houses," took their place in line along a lakefront history exhibit of the city's residential architecture. Editor Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0607/culture_2-1.html