http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/ Full issue contents of ArchitectureWeek - The magazine of design and building en-us Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT Wed, 22 Jul 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/2009/0722/news_2-1.html For its new northeastern branch, the Ann Arbor District Library asked inFORM studio to design a sustainable building that would promote observation of and respect for its natural surroundings. The resulting Traverwood Branch Library traces a narrow L shape on the corner of a triangular lot, treading lightly on its wooded site while also engaging the street edge. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/news_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/news_3-1.html It's important to "get things right" when a new building is constructed. More so than perhaps anything else we create, new buildings will be with us for a very long time. The greenhouse gas capandtrade section of the WaxmanMarkey climate and energy bill gets most of the attention, as it should, but the bill has many other provisions, some of which are directly important to the building industry. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/news_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/news_4-1.html To the street, the concreteblock home near Bellevue, Idaho, presents minimally incised walls. From inside, the boxy masonry of Outpost opens up to surprisingly expansive views of the rural Idaho landscape. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/news_4-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/news_5-1.html Buffalo Bayou flows through downtown Houston, Texas, under a tangle of freeways and bridges on its way to Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Landscape architects SWA Group reenvisioned a neglected 1.2mile 1.9kilometer length of bayou front, transforming it into pedestrianfriendly parkland with improved floodwater conveyance. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/news_5-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/design_1-1.html A giant blue cuboid has sprung up in Copenhagen, Denmark. This striking scaffolding box wrapped in translucent blue fabric is the new Copenhagen Concert Hall. During the day, the building's blue skin largely conceals the faceted forms within, with peeledback areas on the sides of the steelframed box showing that the outside wrapping is more than just an imposing blue billboard. From the right angle, visitors can see vague outlines of the building forms beneath the translucent textile. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/design_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/design_2-1.html Seven World Trade Center was the third building to collapse on September 11, 2001, and it is the first to be rebuilt. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings amp; Merrill SOM, the new building is composed of 42 floors of office space set above eight floors of Con Edison transformers located in large concrete vaults at street level. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/design_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/building_1-1.html "I have decided to make the complete turn." Euphoric over seeing his still underconstruction house rotate its planned 180 degrees for the first time, the Italian civil engineer Angelo Invernizzi quickly wrote a colleague that the final version had to go all the way around. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/building_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/building_2-1.html Innovative architecture often requires equally innovative engineering and technologies for successful realization. An outstanding example of design and engineering interdependence can be seen in the Dallas City Hall, a landmark building completed in 1977, designed with daring vision by one of the world's leading architectural teams, I.M. Pei amp; Partners. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/building_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/building_3-1.html Green roofs, whether intensive or extensive, can provide a wealth of benefits on site and beyond. Delivering these benefits successfully requires professional attention to a variety of critical details. 8212;nbsp;Editor The first common dilemma in the construction of living green roofs, and other landscapes over structure, is that, in conventional building, the execution and completion of site work are often subordinated to the completion of the building. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/building_3-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/tools_1-1.html Dr. Don McLean, founder and CEO of Integrated Environmental Solutions IES, believes every architect should have the ability to understand the environmental impact of his or her building design. To realize this vision, McLean is prepared to give architects free access to some of the most basic features of his company's Virtual Environment software suite. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/tools_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/environment_1-1.html The days of making the business case for sustainable design, or even explaining what LEED means and why it is important, have passed. Today's green building challenges have moved to more complicated areas of policy 8212; permitting and politics 8212; and the motivating sense of competition to be "the greenest." Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/environment_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/environment_2-1.html At first glance, the glossy new 35story condominium tower slicing into the lower Manhattan skyline doesn't stand out as a beacon of sustainable design. Its sleek form 8212; an extruded curving wedge accented with red terra cotta bands 8212; looks more Ferrari than Prius. And the structure's granite base and travertine lobby walls are elements not usually associated with green building. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/environment_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/culture_1-1.html The perimeter of Memorial Coliseum bounds the equivalent area of four city blocks in Portland, Oregon, yet the entire envelope of the building, designed by Skidmore, Owings amp; Merrill, stands on just four columns. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/culture_1-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/culture_2-1.html Visiting Fuller's house today requires a 14 ticket. In a landscape packed with planes, trains, and vehicles of all kinds, the sparkling body of the Dymaxion House makes a striking appearance. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/culture_2-1.html http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/culture_3-1.html Gregory Ain's small houses of the 1930s were completed in a historical context in which the "small house" emerged as a typology of primary importance to architects. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0722/culture_3-1.html