http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/ Full issue contents of ArchitectureWeek - The magazine of design and building en-us Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ArchitectureWeek Editorial System editor@architectureweek.com editor@architectureweek.com http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/news_2-1.html Built in the 1950s, Woodway Residence north of Seattle was reimagined for a young family by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. Their intervention adds transparency and light, and takes better advantage of the home's picturesque wooded site. It was recently recognized by AIA Seattle. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/news_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/news_3-1.html For a Chicago house they call Case Study 1875, the architects collaborated with engineers and fabricators to develop a skin thermally isolated from the structure, allowing an experience of indooroutdoor connection without great loss of heat during the cold Illinois winters. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/news_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/news_4-1.html The new creative arts building at Brisbane Girls Grammar School in Brisbane, Queensland, combines two contrasting halves into a dynamic whole. Public spaces and circulation are housed in the eastern wing of the Cherrell Hirst Creative Learning Centre, with its columns radiating in a distinctive K shape. The horizontally layered western wing contains flexible teaching spaces for art, music, drama, and technology. The two wings meet at a central atrium intended to foster social interaction and informal learning. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/news_4-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/news_5-1.html Recent scientific research 151; published since the deadline for the latest assessment report from the IPCC 151; reveals that global warming is accelerating far beyond the 2007 IPCC forecasts. This brief collects some of the key findings, including particular impacts of climate change in Europe. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/news_5-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/design_1-1.html In Cologne, Germany, a city ravaged by World War II, the Kolumba Art Museum embraces and preserves centuries of culture and pays poetic tribute to the layers of civilization unearthed on its site. Designed by reclusive Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the museum provides a stunning exception to the city's drab urban landscape built after the war. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/design_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/design_2-1.html In New Mexico, sandstone walls, granite boulders cracked by tree roots, and timeblurred ruins of past civilizations all rise against a cold cobalt sky 151; variegated results of sun, wind, culture, and geology. Architect Antoine Predock cites such elements of the U.S. Southwest as influences on his design of the University of New Mexico UNM School of Architecture and Planning in Albuquerque. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/design_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/building_1-1.html Expected to be the first LEED Platinum skyscraper, the 945foot 288meter tall Bank of America Tower is located at 42nd Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan, opposite Bryant Park. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/building_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/environment_1-1.html There are numerous benefits to fusing sustainable development and urban development concepts. Moreover, pedestrianoriented, urbanistproject approaches have been vigorously embraced by many environmental groups. It is not, however, intuitively obvious to everyone why highdensity, extensively hardscaped projects would be good for the environment. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/environment_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/environment_2-1.html Renzo Piano demonstrates a mastery of light throughout his work. At the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, he exhibits the same care lighting a museum of the natural world as he has in lighting some of the world's finest art collections. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/environment_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/culture_1-1.html Nestled in the hills northwest of Beijing, a lesserknown attraction vies for attention with a welltouristed section of China's Great Wall: eleven ultramodern villas, each designed by a top architect from China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, or Singapore. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/culture_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/culture_2-1.html It's a spacious, imposing Los Angeles residence that has a central courtyard with lush vegetation and a cooling fountain. But don't look for palm trees or swimming pools or movie stars 8212; this is no stereotypical Southern California abode. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/culture_2-1.html