ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 315

Thu Dec 14 14:25:05 PST 2006

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BUILDING BOSTON 2006
    by Evan H. Shu, FAIA
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	The annual Build Boston conference, now in its 22nd
	year, was held in November 2006. Over 15,000 attendees
	explored important recent developments in the design/
	construction industry at this trade show brimming with
	350 booth exhibits and over 230 seminars.

	Robert Murray, analyst for McGraw-Hill Construction,
	presented his annual assessment of U.S. economic
	trends. Although residential work, especially
	single-family housing, is down sharply, nonresidential
	construction is still strong. He said there is "no
	collapse, by any means" in the foreseeable future. He
	noted that the construction industry as a whole has
	been remarkably stable over the last 10 to 15 years.

	Murray expects a modest decrease of one percent for
	total construction in 2007, as strength in public works
	and in manufacturing and institutional buildings
	counteract an expected weakness in single-family
	housing, income properties, and electric utilities.

	Steadying material prices, still supportive but
	climbing lending rates, and major governmental
	rebuilding projects are expected to provide a "soft
	landing" in construction while contributing to a
	two-percent growth in the overall U.S. economy in 2007.

	Gulf Coast Rebuilding
	With over $110 billion appropriated by Congress to aid
	the Gulf region devastated by Hurricane Katrina, the
	conference reflected great interest in rebuilding and
	current recovery efforts. One seminar, "Heritage at
	risk - New Orleans and the Gulf Coast," was a
	fascinating account of how the disaster happened.

	Presenter Michael Desmond of Louisiana State University
	showed how the Mississippi River channel is constantly
	trying to move and, ironically, how the flood-dropped
	sediment builds natural levees. The natural levees did
	not fail in 2005 - only the manmade ones did.
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Elementary Aurora
    by Jennifer LeClaire
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	New schools are springing up across the United States
	with design that doesn't go "by the book." These
	schools for grades Kindergarten through 12 are
	responding to meet new community demands or simply to
	replace aged facilities.

	Forty-five percent of the nation's elementary schools
	were built between 1950 and 1969, according to
	ZweigWhite, a market research firm. And enrollment in
	public K-12 schools will continue to rise through 2012,
	predicts the National Center for Education Statistics. 
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Bentley Parametrics
    by Elizabeth Bollinger
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	"Smart geometry" technology has been coming to life in
	the field of digital architectural design and
	fabrication. Even those unfamiliar with the parametric
	modeling approach have seen its effects in innovative
	building forms over the past few years. Among those
	collaborating to advance education and research in the
	area of advanced 3D CAD applications is a small group
	of scientists, architects, and inventors - the Smart
	Geometry Group.
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Postcard from Providence
    by Rebecca Barnes, FAIA
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	Dear ArchitectureWeek,
	Add to your list of great spaces to visit: the new
	Fleet Library of the Rhode Island School of Design
	(RISD) in DownCity, Providence. The 1917 12-story
	former office building now houses 130,000 books and
	685,000 images (slides, videos and pictures). Well
	designed, up-to-date conditions and equipment for
	feasting on this information and knowledge are lovingly
	inserted into this Italian high-renaissance-style
	banking hall. The in-house Portfolio Cafe makes daily
	food feasting convenient and stylish too. Above the
	two-story library is housing for 500 RISD students.
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