http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/ Full issue contents of ArchitectureWeek - The magazine of design and building en-us Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ArchitectureWeek Editorial System editor@architectureweek.com editor@architectureweek.com http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/news_1-1.html How should the rapid changes in 21stcentury society influence the methods of urban planners How can planners promote sustainable development in light of population shifts from traditional city centers To answer such questions, the French research organization Sustainable Urban Development PIDUD started the new year with a binational event. The FrenchGerman colloquium "Cities and the Various Time Scales of Sustainable Development" took place in January 2007. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/news_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/news_2-1.html Architect and urban planner Jaquelin T. Robertson is the 2007 recipient of the Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture. This honor is given to individuals who incorporate the principles of traditional and classical architecture in modern urban developments. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/news_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/news_3-1.html The American Institute of Architects has announced the recipients of two of its highest honors. The 2007 AIA Architecture Firm Award has gone to the Bostonbased Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects LWA in recognition of their history of design excellence. And the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., by designer Maya Lin, was selected to receive the 2007 AIA Twentyfive Year Award. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/news_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/design_1-1.html The Tschuggen Bergoase spa, nestled in the mountains near St. Moritz, Switzerland, takes on a cathedrallike quality. It was designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta who is renowned for his museums and sacred spaces. In contrast to the neighboring Tschuggen Hotel, the spa wears a sleek, timeless design that signals a shift into an interior space of natural quiet. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/design_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/design_2-1.html Canadian architecture has always eschewed the dominance of formalism for more complex and integrated solutions reflecting its humanist concerns. The strong socialdemocratic trend of governmental supervision and community control in Canada influences architecture through a complex framework of programming, design guidelines, zoning bylaws, and building codes, within which designers must operate. Such a system is unlikely to allow stylistic concerns to override programmatic ones. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/design_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/design_3-1.html An American caricature of a ski chalet has an Aframe roof, enough timber to build a dozen houses, and a trophy elk head over a stone fireplace. Defying this stereotype is the "Stal Tre Hus" by architect Joel Sherman, principal of JLS Design. With a name meaning "steel tree house" in Norwegian, this house features a flat roof, a steel structure, and neither elk head nor traditional fireplace. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/design_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/building_1-1.html Students at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation have been building complex structures and in the process learning about parametric modeling, digital fabrication, and computerassisted assembly. They have been using the Trusset System, developed by Columbia researchers in the Avery Digital Fabrication Laboratory. The system provides an inexpensive and simple method for manufacturing and building a customdesigned, threedimensional spacetruss structure and enclosure. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/building_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/building_2-1.html Sealants are an important part of the building envelope system. I think of them as the third line of defense against water and vapor intrusion. The first line of defense is made up of the building skin, with its coatings, veneers, and sheathings. Membranes and flashings are secondary. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/building_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/tools_1-1.html The new home of the Bridge Academy, a secondary school in a lowincome area of Hackney, London, will be a complex sevenstory, terraced building, fitted into a relatively small site. With a focus on mathematics and music, the school is one of many specialist academies being built by the British government. It is sponsored by UBS, a global financial services firm. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/tools_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/tools_2-1.html "Smart geometry" technology has been coming to life in the field of digital architectural design and fabrication. Even those unfamiliar with the parametric modeling approach have seen its effects in innovative building forms over the past few years. Among those collaborating to advance education and research in the area of advanced 3D CAD applications is a small group of scientists, architects, and inventors the Smart Geometry Group. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/tools_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/environment_1-1.html Many people start a home remodeling project by designing an addition and selecting finish materials. But if your goal is to live in harmony with nature, you need to begin with something more basic: a personal strategy for weaving your needs together with the natural elements available at your site. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/environment_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/environment_2-1.html In the rolling hills just east of Austin, Texas, a small compound of experimental buildings makes up the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems CMPBS. Here, Pliny Fisk III, his partner Gail Vittori, and a cadre of researchers and interns explore the depths of sustainable building. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/environment_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/environment_3-1.html "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." This definition was written 20 years ago in the Brundtland Report, commissioned by the United Nations. Since then, the goal of sustainable urban development has been embraced, in theory, by many officials and design professionals all over the world. But examples of meeting today's needs seem limited to the more prosperous segments of society. Living conditions today in the slums of many of the world's largest cities are appalling, and not improving. Editor Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/environment_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/culture_1-1.html In 1960, Michael Graves was awarded the American Academy in Rome's prestigious Prix de Rome. Having just completed his graduate studies in architecture, he embarked on a twoyear "Grand Tour" that led to a lifelong fascination with the landscape, the culture, and the history of Italy. During this time, Graves was exposed to ideas about architecture that went well beyond his modernist upbringing. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/culture_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/culture_2-1.html Japanese architect Toyo Ito is credited with influencing a generation of younger architects with his ideas about contemporary urban forms. While presenting some of his recent work at an exhibition at the Tokyo Opera City Gallery in 2006, he spoke with journalist Colin Liddell about his designs, his theories, and their origin. Editor Colin Liddell: In all your buildings, you seem to be trying to get away from straight lines. Do you hate straight lines Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/culture_2-1.html