ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 312

Thu Nov 16 11:11:04 PST 2006

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BEAUTIFUL PARKING
    by Michael J. Crosbie
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	Once upon a time the parking garage was created as a
	dark place filled with sinister shadows and exhaust
	fumes. But it doesn't have to be that way. Over the
	past few years some of the best parking garages have
	been designed and constructed to be more like parking
	palaces, as architects focus their design creativity on
	making the inner-city garage an aesthetic contributor
	to our urban experience.

	Is it any surprise that Germany is a beneficiary of one
	of these novel parking garages? It seems natural that
	the country that brought us the Autobahn and exacting
	automotive design and engineering should also be host
	to such an elegant and innovative structure, which
	offers some unorthodox lessons in garage design.

	The Parkhaus Engelenschanze, designed by Petry -
	Wittfoht Freier Architekten o a firm that has since
	evolved into wittfoht architekten, based in Stuttgart o
	is located in the center of the city of Munster, not
	far from the train station. It occupies the corner of
	Engelstrasse and Herwarthstrasse, the latter being the
	more prominent thoroughfare, onto which the garage
	fronts.

	According to the architect, this is a important urban
	locale, with a large hotel just across Herwarthstrasse
	and the city's Chamber of Agriculture building on the
	other side of Engelstrasse. Another hotel, office
	buildings, and shops nudge up to the parking garage on
	either side of the block.
	... full story continues online (14 images, two free):
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ACADIA at 25
    by Theodore W. Hall
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	This year the Association for Computer Aided Design in
	Architecture (ACADIA) marked its first quarter century
	of involvement in promoting the use of computers to
	enhance design creativity in architecture, planning,
	and building science.
	... full story continues online (10 images, one free):
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Oregon Engineering
    by ArchitectureWeek
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	Engineering students today face a different future from
	that of their predecessors. As design professionals
	develop new approaches to sustainability in
	architecture, old ideas about technology and mechanical
	controls as the ultimate solution are flying out the
	window.
	... full story continues online (20 images, two free):
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Postcard from New Haven
    by Michael J. Crosbie
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	Dear ArchitectureWeek,
	On December 10, 2006, the Yale University Art Gallery,
	designed by Louis Kahn, will reopen after a $44 million
	restoration/ renovation. Completed in 1953, the
	building is considered Kahn's first major work of
	architecture. Just across the street, to the south, it
	faces his last building, the Yale British Art Center,
	which he did not live to see completed.
	... full story continues online (4 images, one free):
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