ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 320

Thu Feb 1 12:09:46 PST 2007

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CANADIAN CONTEMPORARY
    by Andrew Gruft
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	Canadian architecture has always eschewed the dominance
	of formalism for more complex and integrated solutions
	reflecting its humanist concerns. The strong
	social-democratic trend of governmental supervision and
	community control in Canada influences architecture
	through a complex framework of programming, design
	guidelines, zoning by-laws, and building codes, within
	which designers must operate. Such a system is unlikely
	to allow stylistic concerns to override programmatic
	ones.

	But this seems to have challenged rather than inhibited
	the imagination of architects and enriched their work
	with a multivalent layering of response to a broad range
	of demands. Such values form the underlying basis of a
	Canadian architecture that favors substance over
	spectacle, distinguishing itself from the work of many
	other nations now garnering attention in the
	architectural press.

	The Bahen Centre for Information Technology at the
	University of Toronto by Diamond + Schmitt Architects is
	about the size of a city block and involves dealing with
	equivalent complexity. It demonstrates clarity of
	organization and circulation critical for projects of
	this size, and a strong architectural expression that is
	varied but coherent within the overall unity of the
	project.
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Sealing Out Water
    by William L. Walker, AIA
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	Sealants are an important part of the building envelope
	system. I think of them as the third line of defense
	against water and vapor intrusion. The first line of
	defense is made up of the building skin, with its
	coatings, veneers, and sheathings. Membranes and
	flashings are secondary.
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Building Potential
    by Michael Cockram
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	In the rolling hills just east of Austin, Texas, a small
	compound of experimental buildings makes up the Center
	for Maximum Potential Building Systems (CMPBS). Here,
	Pliny Fisk III, his partner Gail Vittori, and a cadre of
	researchers and interns explore the depths of sustainable
	building.
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	ordering them from oldest to newest.
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