ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 316
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Thu Jan 4 17:17:28 PST 2007
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MAYNE COURTHOUSE
by Kevin Matthews
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The new Federal Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon by Thom
Mayne and his Los Angeles firm Morphosis, is in some
ways an outstanding building for this small city. Mayne
certainly delivers a strong dose of visual excitement.
The depth of art in this architecture is more open
to question.
Mayne is a shrewd raconteur and a talented fashion
designer. At an inaugural lecture in Eugene, associated
with the opening of the new 260,000-square-foot
(24,000-square-meter) courthouse, the assembled group
of local architects, VIPs, and design students was,
by and large, well entertained. Whether they were
impressed is less certain.
The building, designed in collaboration with
architect-of-record DLR Group of Portland, is
impressive in a number of ways. The entry ensemble -
with a long ramp, grand steps, and glass canopy - has a
clean, elegant athleticism built up from a combination
of brutalist and high-tech elements.
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Container House
by ArchitectureWeek
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Modular intermodal cargo Containers used to serve
primarily for transporting massive amounts of
manufactured goods across oceans. But an ongoing
imbalance in trade volume between Asia and North
America contributes to a surplus of these huge
corrugated metal boxes around ports in the United
States. And as shipping containers become ubiquitous,
architects are increasingly incorporating them into
creative buildings.
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Cultural Initiative
by Michael Cockram
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Architectural education often cloisters students in an
internally focused world of individualized design -
encouraging Wright-like bravado or Gehry-esque
showmanship. The work of educator Sergio Palleroni
challenges this instructional paradigm, and the
profession as a whole, to confront a larger global
reality and to creatively tackle problems of growing
poverty, increasing population, and shrinking resources.
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