ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 347

Thu Aug 30 14:10:53 PDT 2007

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THE RAPSON CUBE
    by Jane King Hession, Rip Rapson, and Bruce N.Wright
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	For Ralph Rapson, the 1970s was a busy decade, full of
	projects that varied in size, scale, program, locale, and
	complexity - in addition to his position as head of the
	School of Architecture at the University of Minnesota.

	Client complexity varied as well. Rapson had only himself
	and Mary to please when he designed the Glass Cube, their
	vacation home, in 1974. On the other hand, when he
	designed Cedar-Riverside, the country's first New TownnIn
	Town, a complicated and shifting array of developers,
	investors, local businesses, community activists,
	neighborhood groups, regulatory agencies, university
	students, and internationally known urban planning
	visionaries comprised the client-and-consultant team.

	Soon after the Rapsons moved to Minneapolis in 1954, they
	bought an 1897 Greek Revival-style house in the Prospect
	Park neighborhood, within walking distance of the
	university. When it came time to design and build a
	vacation home, however, Rapson wanted something else. "I
	always thought a country house should be different from a
	city house," he said. In the country, the modernist would
	prevail.
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Northern Virgina AIA Awards 2007
    by ArchitectureWeek
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	The Northern Virginia chapter of the American Institute
	of Architects has announced its 2007 Design Awards.
	Twenty-one projects designed by architecture firms in
	northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C. area were
	recognized in the categories of residential, commercial,
	institutional, historic, interior, and unbuilt architecture.
	... full story continues online (18 images, four free):
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0829/design_1-1.html

People and Places
    by Nancy Novitski
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	Barton Myers Associates, Inc. & Architekton in Tempe,
	Arizona -- Tulane University students, Perez APC & Rodney
	A. Dionisio in New Orleans, Louisiana -- TSP & Group II
	Architects in Sioux Falls, South Dakota -- CMMI in
	Nashville, Tennessee -- RTKL Associates Inc. in Westwood,
	Kansas -- Ascension Group Architects in Kermit, Texas...
	... short stories online:
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     Post-and-beam construction with stucco and wood-plank 
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This Week's Quiz -	
	We know that a conch is a type of shellfish. The term
	"conch" also describes an architectural form. What is
	this form?
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Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	In 1915, the Otis Elevator Company developed an automatic
	leveling system for its elevators in response to which of
	the following?
	A. A personal injury lawsuit brought by the mayor of New
	York City, whose wife stumbled and cracked her skull
	while exiting an elevator that was 2 inches lower than
	floor level.
	B. The U.S. Navy's need to roll wheeled munitions carts
	in and out of shipboard elevators.
	C. Innovations to wing stability and flap control in the
	aircraft industry.
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