ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 328

Thu Apr 5 09:16:22 PDT 2007

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RICHARD ROGERS PRITZKER PRIZE
    by ArchitectureWeek
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	The Pritzker Prize, one of the world's highest honors in
	architecture, goes this year to British architect Richard
	Rogers. In announcing the jury's choice, Thomas J.
	Pritzker, president of The Hyatt Foundation, said:
	"Rogers is a champion of urban life and believes in the
	potential of the city to be a catalyst for social
	change."

	Rogers first came to international attention in the 1970s
	for his work with Italian architect Renzo Piano on the
	Centre Pompidou in Paris. Since then he has gained
	recognition for the Lloyds Building and the Millennium
	Dome, both in London, Barajas New Area Terminal in
	Madrid, designed with Estudio Lamela Arquitectos, and,
	most recently, the National Assembly for Wales in
	Cardiff.

	The Pritzker jury citation reads: "A unique
	interpretation of the modern movement's fascination with
	the building as machine, an interest in architectural
	clarity and transparency, the integration of public and
	private spaces, and a commitment to flexible floor plans
	that respond to the ever-changing demands of users, are
	recurring themes in his work."
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Kurokawa Art Center
    by C.B. Liddell
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	According to architect Kisho Kurokawa, the new National
	Art Center Tokyo is a perfect expression of his
	philosophy of symbiosis. Rather than trying to iron out
	irregularities and resolve contradictions into  what he
	calls a "dull, flat harmony," his distinctly non-Western
	idea seeks to apply conflicts and tensions in positive
	ways to achieve interesting and energizing effects.
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Big Ripples
    by Michael Cockram
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	Magic in architecture often occurs when the client
	presents the architect with clear criteria and formidable
	challenges and when, rather than engineer around
	obstacles, the designer embraces the challenges as
	opportunities to enrich the project.

	Such was the case with the Heifer International Center,
	in Little Rock, Arkansas, designed by Polk Stanley
	Rowland Curzon Porter Architects. The result is a
	building that meets the client's needs with stellar
	design and an anticipated LEED-Gold rating.
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This Week's Quiz -	
	Did the Russian revolution during the early part of the 
    20th century stimulate or inhibit Architecture?
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Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	We are all familiar with the term "spaciousness" as
	describing a spatial quality. In designing a performance
	space for classical music, this word also describes an
	acoustic quality. Please define "spaciousness" as an
	acoustic quality and explain how it relates to
	spaciousness in the spatial sense.
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