ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 332

Thu May 3 11:33:23 PDT 2007

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NORTHERN STAR
    by Jo Baker
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	Creating dramatic architecture can be challenging in an
	icy climate where people prioritize function over
	flamboyance and where the natural environment can satisfy
	their desire for beauty. The state of Alaska has
	breathtaking vistas of mountains, snow flats, and the
	dancing aurora borealis, but its urban landscapes have
	tended to remain resilient and simple.

	Now, in a collaboration between Minnesota firm Hammel,
	Green and Abrahamson Architects (HGA) and Fairbanks
	architecture/ engineering firm GDM, Inc., the expansion
	of the University of Alaska's Museum of the North has
	departed from this tradition, creating hardy architecture
	that is also inspiring, and capturing international
	attention.

	The change began when museum curator Aldona Jonaitis
	arrived in Fairbanks from New York in the early 1990s.
	The Museum of the North was then housed in a modest, boxy
	structure designed by HOK in the 1970s.

	The museum had been founded early in the century to
	showcase a collection of archaeological and
	paleontological specimens. By the time Jonaitis arrived,
	it boasted  the world's most extensive collection of
	Alaskan art and artifacts and was close to the bursting
	point.
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Field Guide to Sprawl
    by Dolores Hayden
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	Words such as "city," "suburb," and "countryside" no
	longer capture the reality of real estate development in
	the United States. Most Americans inhabit complex
	metropolitan landscapes layered with tracts, strips,
	malls, office parks, and highways. Widespread
	dissatisfaction with speculative building has provoked
	many critiques, but precise terms to define the physical
	elements of sprawl are often missing.
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	Because of unusually strict technical, mechanical, and
	air quality requirements, hospitals are one of the most
	difficult building types to design sustainably. Yet the
	Providence Newberg Medical Center by Mahlum Architects
	has achieved a LEED Gold rating ó the first hospital in
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