ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 360

Fri Dec 7 13:44:04 PST 2007

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ADDITIONAL PHILOSOPHY
    by Leigh Christy
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	Nestled on the edge of a dike in the southwestern
	Netherlands, the compact Punt House addition completed
	by Geen Punt Architecten (GPA) in summer 2007 carefully
	reconciles no fewer than three disparate architectural
	philosophies within its slender wood frame.

	The original house of the Punt family (no relation to
	the architecture firm) is of traditionally massed brick
	construction, the last in a short row of a 1930s housing
	block just outside Rotterdam. It was designed in a
	subdued Amsterdam School expressionist style, with all
	of its socialist leanings and articulated detailing, but
	was spatially no match for the Punts' two large St.
	Bernard dogs and the desire for an improved garden view.

	While traveling in Asia for business, the Punts had
	become fascinated by small Japanese temples and garden
	houses. Architect Joost van Veen understood his client's
	wishes, but quickly realized that "these buildings were
	mostly exterior structures and the challenge was to turn
	them into interior spaces without losing their
	character." 

	In attempts to settle this quandary while merging
	Amsterdam School brick with Japanese wood, GPA sought a
	middle way by looking to the past: Dutch minimalist
	modernism, one of the precursors to the International
	Style and a philosophical competitor of the Amsterdam
	School. 
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Wiki Case Study - Part Two
    by ArchitectureWeek
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	In Part One of this architectural wiki tutorial, we
	created the core of a building case study in the
	Archiplanet wiki, with summary building information and
	uploaded photos we took ourselves.

	Here in Part Two, we will enhance that study with an
	external link, add a live building location map, and
	select and collect appropriate images from a
	photo-sharing site, and see how to add those to the
	building case study, too.
        ... full story continues online (illustrated tutorial):
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/1205/tools_1-1.html

People and Places
    by Nancy Novitski
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	Rafael Vinoly Architects PC in The Bronx, New York -
	Frank Gehry in Biloxi, Mississippi - Krueck + Sexton
	Architects in Chicago, Illinois - Handel Architects LLP
	in New York, New York - Rosemann & Associates, P.C. in
	St. Louis, Missouri - Perkins + Will in Maple Grove,
	Minnesota - Lord, Aeck & Sargent in Gatlinburg,
	Tennessee - Studio Pali Fekete architects and Lab
	Architecture Studio in Nausori, Fiji - Corgan
	Associates, Inc. in Dallas, Texas...
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	soil. What is the fundamental difference between the
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