http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/ Full issue contents of ArchitectureWeek - The magazine of design and building en-us Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:59:00 GMT Wed, 09 Aug 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/2006/0809/news_1-1.html On New York City's Lexington Avenue at 53rd Street, Citicorp Center built 1976 to 1978 reaches into the sky like a giant sheathed in aluminum and glass. Its designer, architect Hugh Stubbins, Jr., who challenged modern skyscraper orthodoxy of the time, died July 5, 2006 at the age of 94. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/news_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/news_2-1.html Though known globally for the breadth of its historic architecture, London is striving for contemporary credentials. In the city's recent architecture biennale, part of the United Kingdomwide celebration called "Architecture Week," organizers brought the changing city fabric to world attention. New quirky landmarks have been popping up all over London, their design exalted, their creators knighted. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/news_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/news_3-1.html In June 2006, downtown Los Angeles was overrun with architects in town for the National AIA Convention. When not exploring the burgeoning city center and notable regional architecture, these visitors were eagerly learning about the "next new thing" for the profession. This year's convention combined big names and varied themes to create a full agenda of educational seminars, architectural tours, trade exposition booths, and business meetings. The event drew a record 25,000 registrants to the Los Angeles Convention Center. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/news_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/design_1-1.html Despite the breathtaking views over Cardiff Bay toward Penarth Marina, visitors to the new National Assembly for Wales, standing on the grand, slateclad terraces, will find it is impossible to stop looking inland. Designed by Richard Rogers, known for his iconic buildings such as Lloyds of London, Centre Pompidou, and the Madrid Airport, the National Assembly building opened in March 2006 after years of political wrangling. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/design_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/design_2-1.html Celebrated Indian architect Charles Correa has completed his first major project in the United States on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working in collaboration with the Boston firm of Goody Clancy. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/design_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/building_1-1.html I have noticed as a professional actor an observation reinforced in my work as a registered architect, specializing in theater design consulting that the same shortcomings in backstage design occur time and again. Creating inefficient and sometimes barely workable spaces, these chronic problems in layout and provisions may be attributed in large part to design efforts that disproportionately concentrate on the lobby and the auditorium. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/building_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/building_2-1.html Although precast concrete is an outstanding architectural material, its heavy weight can limit where and how it's used. A recently completed project demonstrates how a relatively new type of lighterweight hybrid wall system combining coldformed metal studs and precast concrete can expand opportunities to apply precast technologies. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/building_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/tools_1-1.html Futurist Alvin Toffler said: "You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction." He was probably not referring specifically to architecture students, but his statement applies well to students thinking about design concepts when learning to use computeraided design applications. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/tools_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/tools_2-1.html An important milestone in software development for the building industry over the past decade has been the establishment of Industry Foundation Classes IFCs freely available, nonproprietary data model specifications. Now the IFCs are being applied toward automating code checking and other kinds of complex analysis. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/tools_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/environment_1-1.html As "green" principles begin to take hold in U.S. firms, those architects who have been following them the longest are demonstrating a refined and diverse understanding of what "sustainability" means to a building's occupants. For the NBBJ design team for the Washington State Veterans' Home, sustaining the elderly inhabitants' quality of life was a key component of the design intent. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/environment_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/environment_2-1.html At the United Nations Habitat World Urban Forum in Vancouver, British Columbia, in June 2006, Living Steel announced the results of its International Competition for Sustainable Housing. Living Steel is a consortium of steel companies and associations that has teamed with the UN to find solutions to worldwide housing shortages. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/environment_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/culture_1-1.html In his 1926 article, "Care of the Body," in the Los Angeles Times, Rudolf Schindler describes the house of the future: "Our rooms will descend close to the ground, and the garden will become an integral part of the house. The distinction between the indoors and the outofdoors will disappear. The walls will be few, thin, and removable. All rooms will become parts of an organic unit instead of being small separate boxes with peepholes." Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/culture_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/culture_2-1.html Joan E. Goody, FAIA is the recipient of the 2005 Boston Society of Architects Award of Honor, in recognition of her contributions to the profession and to the community. As principal of Goody Clancy, she has directed a wide range of academic, public, commercial, residential, and preservation projects. She was chair of the Boston Civic Design Commission from 1995 to 2005 and now serves on the faculty of the Mayor's Institute for City Design. Here she tells her story in conversation with Rebecca Barnes. Editor Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/culture_2-1.html