ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 361
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Fri Dec 14 10:27:43 PST 2007
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BUILDING AN IGLOO
by Norbert E. Yankielun
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The igloo, also spelled "iglu," and sometimes called an
aputiak, is a temporary winter shelter built by native
Eskimos primarily for use in winter hunting camps. In
their native language, Eskimos call themselves Inuit,
meaning "the people." They inhabit much of the Arctic
from as far west as the Aleutian Islands of Alaska to as
far east as the western coastline of Greenland.
The igloo structure most likely evolved through trial
and error over hundreds of years, and without the aid of
mathematics or structural engineering theory.
Historically, they have been constructed - using a long,
sharp blade knife to cut snow block - primarily by
Canadian and Greenland Inuit living in Canada in the
area between the Mackenzie River delta and Labrador.
The igloo is the highest art of snow shelter
construction, requiring the precise shaping and placing
of snow blocks to form a stable and strong dome-shaped
structure. Two structural forces are present in an
igloo: compression and tension. Compression occurs when
weight is applied that squeezes the snow crystals closer
together. Tension occurs when the applied force pulls
the snow crystals apart.
The bonded ice crystal structure of sintered snow holds
up well under compression; it can bear substantial
weight without crumbling. Under tension, however, the
same block of snow would easily be torn apart with very
little force. For this reason, a cross-section of an
igloo more resembles a parabolic arch than a hemisphere.
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Build Boston 2007
by Evan Shu
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Fundamental changes in the nature of architectural
practice and building construction are taking place
today. Those changes were clearly evident at the 2007
Build Boston convention and trade show. This conference
has become, over the years, one of the key learning
opportunities for the construction professions. And with
over 15,500 attendees and a hall full of exhibitors,
many workshops at the November conference were sold out
in advance.
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People and Places
by Nancy Novitski
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Renzo Piano, KieranTimberlake, and Stanley Tigerman in
Washington, D.C., USA - Gensler in Los Angeles,
California - Kirksey in Houston, Texas - LMN Architects
in San Diego, California - Graeber, Simmons & Cowan in
Austin, Texas - Lang Hugger Rampp GmbH in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates - Hopkins Architects, Burns Wald-Hopkins
Architects, and Arup in Tucson, Arizona -
NAC|Architecture in Spokane, Washington - Wilkinson Eyre
Architects in London, England, United Kingdom - Orcutt
Winslow in Scottsdale, Arizona - Michele De Lucchi in
Milan, Italy - Ratcliff in Emeryville, California - JRS
Architect, P.C. in Floral Park, New York - NBBJ and Fei &
Cheng Associates in Taipei, Taiwan - SANAA in New York,
New York - Earth Lab Architects in Randjesfontein, South
Africa...
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