http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/ Full issue contents of ArchitectureWeek - The magazine of design and building en-us Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT Wed, 26 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/2007/0926/news_1-1.html Even if greenhouse gas emissions were to stop increasing today, the climate would continue to warm. That was the stark reality underlined in February 2007 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC.1 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/news_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/news_3-1.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, 26 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/news_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/news_4-1.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, 26 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/news_4-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/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, 26 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/design_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/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, 26 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/design_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/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, 26 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/design_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/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, 26 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/building_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/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, 26 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/tools_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/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, 26 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/environment_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/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, 26 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/environment_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/culture_1-1.html Curitiba, Brazil called "the world's greenest city" by the New York Times Magazine in May 2007 is increasingly well known for its longterm success in integrated land use, transportation, and environmental planning, including its exciting public bus system. Less well known is the extensive program of public architecture that helps animate the urban fabric of the city, weaving together parks and open space, tourism, urban identity, and industrial reclamation. Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/culture_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/culture_2-1.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, 26 Sep 2007 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0926/culture_2-1.html