http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/ Full issue contents of ArchitectureWeek - The magazine of design and building en-us Wed, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT Wed, 13 May 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/2009/0513/news_1-1.html Unity Temple, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his own Unitarian congregation in Oak Park, Illinois, remains an icon of early modern architecture, with its geometric design, strong massing, characteristic detailing, and use of exposed concrete. Wed, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/news_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/news_2-1.html In September 2005, as construction was starting at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center in Orange, Texas, the property was severely damaged by Hurricane Rita. The building team led by LakeFlato Architects salvaged stormfelled trees and incorporated the wood into the project. Wed, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/news_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/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, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/news_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/news_4-1.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, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/news_4-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/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, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/design_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/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, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/design_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/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, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/design_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/building_1-1.html This article about antiquated structural systems is the second in a series aimed at structural engineers involved in the repair, restoration, or adaptive reuse of older buildings for which no drawings exist. 8212;Editor Concrete and steelframed floors constructed in the late 1800s and early 1900s often included hollow claytile arches that spanned between beams and girders. The arches were typically covered with a concrete topping and often had plaster applied directly to the soffit of the exposed tiles. Wed, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/building_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/building_2-1.html The new academic complex on the Polytechnic campus of Arizona State University ASU was built to withstand the insistent, erosive forces of the desert around Mesa, Arizona. "Being out on the eastern part of the valley, the site is very exposed and gets hit very hard with wind and rain," says Beau Dromiack, design leader for RSP Architects, the architect of record for the project. "It requires a durable architecture which we call 'desert tough.'" Wed, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/building_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/building_3-1.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, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/building_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/tools_1-1.html If your client adds a series of penthouses to his pending skyscraper, will it cast a shadow on nearby city properties How much can you reduce solar gain by adding some shading devices between the floors If you cover the roof areas with photovoltaic panels, how much electricity can you generate And if your client changes the project from a residential building to an office building, how will it affect the annual water usage Wed, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/tools_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/environment_1-1.html What if there were a way for states, cities, and counties to leverage each dollar of federal stimulus money they spend to generate 14 of private spending, create 14 times the number of jobs, reimburse the federal government 3, and get a dollar back to boot And what if that economic solution could also help us tackle climate change by constructively attacking buildingrelated carbon emissions Wed, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/environment_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/environment_2-1.html What would you call a green building standard that, on balance, tends to interfere with environmental reform more than help In March 2009, ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition television show featured the first house in the country to win certification under the new green building standard from the National Association of Home Builders. Wed, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/environment_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/environment_3-1.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, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/environment_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/culture_1-1.html Given the urgency of our response to climate change and other environmental needs, is it really okay to keep building new nongreen buildings Here are nine U.S. firms that took sustainability to heart and made green design a centerpiece of their work, and have now taken the next logical step: they have committed to create only green buildings, from here on out. Wed, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/culture_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/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, 13 May 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0513/culture_2-1.html