http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/ Full issue contents of ArchitectureWeek - The magazine of design and building en-us Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT Wed, 19 Sep 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/2007/0919/news_2-1.html A diverse group of projects from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe have been honored with the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture for 2007. This year, nine projects were recognized for architectural excellence in places where Muslims live. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/news_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/news_3-1.html The Northern Virginia chapter of the American Institute of Architects has announced its 2007 Design Awards. Twentyone projects designed by architecture firms in northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C. area were recognized in the categories of residential, commercial, institutional, historic, interior, and unbuilt architecture. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/news_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/news_4-1.html The National Trust for Historic Preservation NTHP has announced its 2007 list of the "11 Most Endangered Historic Places" in the United States. The NTHP list for 2007 includes a typically wide variety of sites, from individual houses of remarkable men to broad landscapes scattered with accumulated marks of history. Few of the sites are the work of famous architects, but all speak to the cultural significance of buildings and places. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/news_4-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/design_1-1.html As China's share of the global limelight grows brighter, it's little surprise that architecture has become one of the country's greatest public relations tools. Signature buildings thrust up all over the place, brash new developments blanket the countryside, and developers' appetites for innovation are hitting extremes. China has always been very much about "face," and with both the Beijing 2008 Olympics and the Shanghai 2010 World Expo on the way, that face is getting a lot of attention. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/design_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/design_2-1.html The NelsonAtkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, recently underwent a complete overhaul and the glowing lenses of the new Bloch Building, designed by Steven Holl Architects, are just the tip of the iceberg. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/design_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/design_3-1.html A jewelry shop designed as a jewel box is certainly not a new idea, but the designers of the Joyeria SH2K shop in Santiago, Chile, have taken it to a new level. Architects Paola Kaiser and Cristbal Gross have created a ribbon of concrete and glass, crystal and chrome, as a cool, elegant setting for the display of jewels. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/design_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/building_1-1.html Does your project require special equipment to convey structural steel on site and into position Maybe big trucks with oversize loads, and special cranes. But have you ever commissioned a flatbed ship for placing steel Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/building_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/tools_1-1.html We are blown away by the amount of GIS data that is now available online. GIS, or Geographic Information System, data refers to a mapping database. Most people are now familiar with free mapping services such as Mapquest, Windows Live, or Google Earth, but GIS data goes well beyond that level of information. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/tools_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/tools_2-1.html Traffic measurement on the World Wide Web is far from an exact science, and much of the potential data remains behind proprietary walls. But with two million monthly visitors, the family of design and building web sites led by ArchitectureWeek is arguably one of or the biggest online. We'd like to share with you some of our thoughts on how it's put together and how your participation is supported, invited, and intrinsic. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/tools_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/environment_1-1.html Natural daylight, cooling and ventilating efficiencies, and lowimpact material selections helped add up to a USGBC LEED Platinum certification for Building B of the new Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University ASU. The first LEED Platinum building in Arizona joined the elite green ranks of fewer than 60 LEED Platinumcertified buildings worldwide. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/environment_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/environment_2-1.html Coney Island's Stillwell Avenue Terminal is the largest aboveground station in New York City's subway system. After years of deferred maintenance, the 90yearold station was redesigned by New York City Transit's inhouse design staff. The resulting station, completed in 2006, is about 50 percent new construction, including a new train shed that covers the station's four platforms and eight tracks. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/environment_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/culture_1-1.html For Ralph Rapson, the 1970s was a busy decade, full of projects that varied in size, scale, program, locale, and complexity in addition to his position as head of the School of Architecture at the University of Minnesota. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0919/culture_1-1.html