GARAGE TURNS TO SCIENCE For 68 years, the industrially functional, but aesthetically minimal one-story brick Clark & Sorrell Garage in downtown Durham, North Carolina served the automotive repair needs of drivers of Fords and other American cars. Before it closed in 2000, the garage was the city's oldest automotive repair shop. Just as Durham has changed over those decades, becoming known as the "City of Medicine," so has this building at 323 Foster Street, now on the National Register of Historic Places. — Published 2002.0515
	PELLI'S RENEWED INVESTMENT BUILDING Building by building, Cesar Pelli is adding his touch to the staid architecture of Washington, D.C. In 1997, his terminal at Reagan National Airport, just south of the city, opened to rave reviews for its soaring, light- and art-filled bays beneath open trusses and for its dramatically silhouetted, metal-sheathed tower and terminal modules. — Published 2002.0206
	BLACKFRIARS SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYHOUSE The recent opening of the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia marks a tribute to the original Blackfriars, William Shakespeare's favorite indoor theater. The new building's interior displays an authenticity born of extensive research by its architect, Tom McLaughlin, AIA. — Published 2001.1107
	VIRGINIA'S EXECUTIVE MANSION RESTORED The executive mansion of the Commonwealth of Virginia is said to be the oldest continuously occupied governor's residence in the United States. The mansion is an outstanding example of Federal style architecture, and after its recent restoration, it demonstrates that an historic house can be improved by sensitive additions. This National Historic Landmark building was completed in 1813 to the designs of Boston architect Alexander Parris. Since 1987 it has been documented in the Historic American Buildings Survey. — Published 2001.0725

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