http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/ Full issue contents of ArchitectureWeek - The magazine of design and building en-us Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ArchitectureWeek Editorial System editor@architectureweek.com editor@architectureweek.com http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/news_1-1.html The iconic Michigan Avenue Streetwall in Chicago, Illinois, features the work of many of the city's best architects, and boasts an array of styles and building technologies dating from 1880 to 1930. Buildings by Louis Sullivan and Daniel Burnham are among the structures that compose this 12block stretch of historic buildings that face Lake Michigan across parkland. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/news_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/news_3-1.html Each project in the 2008 "Top Ten Green Projects" awards by the American Institute of Architects AIA Committee on the Environment COTE was evaluated on ten measures, documented extensively on the COTE web site. These include design innovation, community context and land use, longevity, bioclimatic design, water and energy conservation, materials, and indoor environment. The ten winners plus one honorable mention approach sustainable design through an exemplary integration of architecture, technology, and natural systems. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/news_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/news_4-1.html With 40 different awards given by the San Francisco chapter of the AIA, and only a few repeat winners among them, there were plenty of happy architects by the Bay this year. Pritzker Prizewinner Thom Mayne and his Santa Monica firm, Morphosis, received one of four honor awards for excellence in architecture. Morphosis shared the award for the San Francisco Federal Building with the local office of SmithGroup. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/news_4-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/design_1-1.html One of the largest construction projects in Europe and one of the most political and controversial building projects in the UK the new Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow Airport opened in March 2008, nearly 20 years after the Richard Rogers Partnership now Rogers Stirk Harbour Partners won the commission. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/design_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/design_2-1.html In Frei Otto's landmark examples, the tent fabric was largely glass. Using the term "tent" with admitted looseness, here are two recent examples in the continuing romance of modern expression with tensile engineering. At the Estdio Municipal de Braga, the sheltering tent is made of concrete, while at the Burj Al Arab Hotel, the tent covering is on its side, a great white spinnaker defining a spectacular atrium. Editor Braga Stadium Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/design_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/design_3-1.html The Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA has traditionally been known for two things: its status as the largest encyclopedic art museum in the western United States, and its schizophrenic campus. Bolstering the former and addressing the latter, LACMA has unveiled a longawaited freestanding addition to its collection: the Broad Contemporary Art Museum BCAM, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop in conjunction with executive architect Gensler. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/design_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/design_4-1.html Ask most architects to name the most elemental ingredients of great architecture, and chances are they will say "space and light." But these are not necessarily the first two words that come to mind when thinking about skyscrapers, especially tall buildings in New York City. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/design_4-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/building_1-1.html Like its competitors, BMW knows that cool sells. And there is no doubt that BMW Welt the German motor company's new sales, exhibition, and event center in Munich is cool. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/building_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/building_2-1.html The MillsPeninsula Medical Center, currently under construction in Burlingame, California, will be the first "baseisolated" hospital in northern California. Built on isolator bearings with seismic dampers, the building was designed by Anshen Allen to remain operational after a major seismic event. During an earthquake, the building can move up to 30 inches 76 centimeters horizontally and two inches five centimeters vertically without incurring major damage. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/building_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/tools_1-1.html Mapping has become one of the most competitive areas in free web services. Everyone needs it, everyone uses it including the architect who wants to get somewhere. With such popularity, advertising dollars flow freely in and investments into new mapping and viewing features seem to come quite frequently. These days you can even see somewhere, in many cases, without leaving the office. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/tools_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/tools_2-1.html The Beijing National Aquatics Center, often referred to as the "Water Cube," was built for the 2008 Olympic Games. The winning entry in an international design competition was submitted by the China State Construction and Engineering Corporation CSCEC with Arup and PTW Architects. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/tools_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/environment_1-1.html Nestled into a hillside near Asheville, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Parkway Destination Center is projected to use 75 percent less energy than a comparable conventionally designed facility. Trombe walls, a planted roof, bioswales, daylighting, a highefficiency mechanical energyrecovery system, and other "green" features add up to make this National Park Service facility a contender for LEED Gold certification. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/environment_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/environment_2-1.html In ArchitectureWeek No. 377, in Tackling Climate Change, we took a reality check on the level of challenge embodied in established targets for reducing emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Then in ArchitectureWeek No. 378, on April 30, 2008, we announced a new call to action for architecture firms across the United States and around the world. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/environment_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/environment_3-1.html Just about a year ago, Al Gore rocked the national AIA Convention in San Antonio with a climactic final keynote address, and received a prolonged standing ovation from thousands of architects who had lined up for hours to get in. Gore expressed the compelling case on global climate change, anchoring the powerful presentation with this silver spur to action for design professionals: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/environment_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/culture_1-1.html Just as the concept of cultural landscape can mitigate polarized views of nature versus artifice, so it can bridge divisive opinions on the relative importance of "architecture" versus "history." Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/culture_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/culture_2-1.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, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/culture_2-1.html