http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/ Full issue contents of ArchitectureWeek - The magazine of design and building en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT Wed, 15 Apr 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/2009/0415/news_1-1.html The U.S. Green Building Council is rolling out the longawaited LEED Version 3 on April 27, 2009. It's been ten years since the first LEED version was released in 1999, and this release is intended to initiate a pattern of biennial updates. The green building industry has been asking for changes to LEED for some time. One of the criticisms of the current LEED Version 2 has been the inequity of the onepointperstrategy system. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/news_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/news_3-1.html In Leoacute;n, Mexico, a white stoneandglassclad structure expresses monumental solidity while maintaining indooroutdoor connectivity. A threestory pergola of whitepainted steel covers a plaza and rooftop terrace, adding a rhythmic lightness to the composition. This is the new library designed by Pei Partnership Architects for the state of Guanajuato. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/news_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/news_4-1.html The Danforth University Center provides a new gothicstyle gathering space and "front door" for Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Designed by Tsoi Kobus amp; Associates, Inc., the center received one of eleven Palladio Awards for 2009. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/news_4-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/news_5-1.html Since Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects was founded, the Seattle firm has sought to integrate contemporary architectural forms into the natural settings of the Pacific Northwest, employing a combination of sensitivity and efficiency that can be recognized as sustainable design. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/news_5-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/design_1-1.html When the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation of Evanston, Illinois, set out to build a new synagogue, they found the goal of achieving LEED Platinum certification arising naturally from the spiritual context. "The Torah teaches us that the earth does not belong to us, that we are but stewards of God's creation," says Rabbi Brant Rosen. "Building the most sustainable facility possible was for us a religious act." Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/design_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/design_2-1.html The Copenhagen Zoo's new Elephant House by Foster Partners emerges gently from the surrounding park grounds, its two leafpatterned glass domes topping walls of pinkhued concrete. At once playful and serious, transparent and solid, this modern menagerie provides both highquality living conditions for the animals inside and an exciting and interactive visitor experience. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/design_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/design_3-1.html The Rincon 5 by Los Angeles firm Marmol Radziner recalls the pristine residential architecture of Mies van der Rohe, though this guest house may have more in common with the humble American mobile home. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/design_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/design_4-1.html British architect Colin St. John "Sandy" Wilson 19222007 is best known for designing the British Library 1997 in London, a fraught but ultimately successful project begun in 1962. In Colin St John Wilson: Buildings and Projects, Roger Stonehouse reviews many of Wilson's works, including the Grantchester Road houses and Spring House. In an introduction to the book, drawn from a 1992 essay, Wilson reflects on the state of modernism in the early 1960s. 8212;Editor Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/design_4-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/design_5-1.html The new Swatch flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza district immediately stands out from the surrounding highend fashion boutiques on this densely packed street. There is no doorway, no visible sign, and no glass storefront. Instead, a towering fourstory void in the streetscape seems to signify a civicscale entry. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/design_5-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/building_1-1.html The Swatch Group's new flagship structure in Tokyo, the Nicolas G. Hayek Center, featured in ArchitectureWeek No. 416, is built with an array of innovative elements, ranging from elevating showrooms and multistory retractable glass exterior walls to moving floors for reducing seismic forces induced in the building. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/building_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/tools_1-1.html "Wanted: Project architectdesigner with varied experience in construction documents, detailing, and construction administration. Minimum 5 years CAD experience and familiarity with digital photography. Experience in mountain climbing desirable; athletic ability with no fear of heights is required." Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/tools_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/environment_1-1.html In the new fifth edition of Fundamentals of Building Construction, Allen and Iano set a new benchmark by incorporating sustainability issues into a mainstream construction textbook, section by section, as in this concise overview from the first chapter. We also look forward to a future edition of their outstanding book in which appropriate sustainability considerations have penetrated every topic and page. 151; the Editors Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/environment_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/environment_2-1.html What of the middle scale 8212; the ten to 40acre four to 16hectare shopping centers with two or more anchors What kind of impacts and communities can retrofits build at this scale Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/environment_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/culture_1-1.html Many wayfinding designers are baby boomers whose political and environmental consciousness was informed by the futile Vietnam conflict and subsequent social ferment of the 1970s. Motivated by a sense of public communal mission and zeal for creative experimentation, they gradually moved the wayfinding field into the 21st century, building upon the foundation of experience established by earlier design pioneers over the course of the previous century. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/culture_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/culture_2-1.html As the Hollyhock House neared completion in 1920, Frank Lloyd Wright received a second Los Angeles commission, from antiquarian Alice Millard, who had arrived in Pasadena from Chicago in 1914. With her late husband she had commissioned a classic Prairiestyle house from Wright in 1906; now she wanted something new, inspired by the palazzi of Venice. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0415/culture_2-1.html