ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 324

Thu Mar 1 11:24:11 PST 2007

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LEAVES OF GLASS
    by Brent Richards
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0228/building_1-1.html

	Glass, as a building material, offers a special
	interlayer between our outer and inner space and has
	opened up and contained, as well as sheltered and
	revealed, the architecture of its time. Architects'
	pursuit of the minimal environmental envelope has created
	an evolutionary and reductionist approach, whereby glass
	has become a predominant and essential cladding material
	of contemporary architecture.

	In particular, new developments in glass technology have
	enabled it to be used as a complete structural material,
	through the use of special films, glues and coatings.
	Subsequently, the notion of spatial design has become
	more significant, and, when successfully articulated,
	defines an innovative art in its own right.

	This approach has involved the treatment of space as
	matter, and a move away from the creation of solid forms,
	shells, envelopes, and the engineered language of
	structure. It has permitted the potential for buildings
	to have depth, discovery, mystery, and shadow, to be
	truly multisensory, to be a multifaceted experience of
	the metaphysical.

	City Hall in Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, was
	designed by Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects and
	completed in 2002. The city of 70,000 has major ambitions
	for the redevelopment of its entire center, and the
	free-form curvilinear city hall forms the centerpiece of
	the master plan.

	The city council sought to represent their approach to
	administration and the process of communicating with
	local people through a building that is transparent,
	open, and inviting. The building's appearance relates
	directly to this ambition and is expressed primarily
	through the transparent glass facade.
	... full story continues online (10 images, one free):
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Environmental Center in Georgia
    by ArchitectureWeek
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0228/environment_1-1.html

	Architects designing educational centers for
	environmental organizations bear a special responsibility
	to make their medium part of the message. The new
	Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center (GEHC) in
	Buford, Georgia, designed by Lord, Aeck & Sargent, is a
	lesson in itself about energy and water conservation.
	... full story continues online (10 images, one free):
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0228/environment_1-1.html

Red Bull HQ
    by Terri Whitehead
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0228/design_1-1.html

	Visitors ascend from street level by elevator and enter
	the new Red Bull headquarters via a rooftop reception
	lobby. This dramatic entry sequence, from a small
	ground-floor lobby to a grand, rooftop terrace
	overlooking London's West End, is heightened by views
	from the terrace down into and through the building.
	... full story continues online (18 images, two free):
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0228/design_1-1.html

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	Rank these paint finishes from lowest light reflection to highest: 
	satin/silk, semi-gloss, eggshell.
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	crosses the Seine in Paris. It has a length of 885 feet
	(270 meters) and a main span of 620 feet (190 meters),
	yet its main structure, a "pectinate lenticular" truss,
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	basic "look" of the bridge.
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