ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 386

Fri Jun 27 12:32:56 PDT 2008

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VINOLY AT WAGENINGEN
    by Michael J. Crosbie
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	Sometimes a building is so well suited to its use, to
	the client, and to the site that it is hard to imagine
	it designed any other way. The Atlas Building at
	Wageningen University in the Netherlands, designed by
	New York City-based Rafael Vinoly Architects, is
	such a building - once you get to know it.

	At first glance, it might look a bit off-putting. Atlas
	contains laboratories and offices for the Environmental
	Sciences Group on the Wageningen campus, where the
	research focus is on environmental, plant, animal,
	agrotechnological, and food sciences. About a third of
	the 10,000-square-meter (108,000-square-foot) building
	is devoted to lab space.

	The building might initially appear too sterile and
	ascetic, especially on the exterior, but the more you
	learn about it, the more it appears perfectly in harmony
	with the campus and its scientists, and the work they
	do.

	The Atlas Building sits on an important spot o right
	next to the main entry to campus o so it had to perform
	the role of a landmark, according to project architect
	Mariana Kolova in Vinoly's office. The site was chosen
	by the university planners for its prominence, and the
	client wanted a building that would be an icon.
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Northeastern Building Types 2008
    by ArchitectureWeek
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	On the campus of Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville,
	New York, the new Heimbold Visual Arts Center by Polshek
	Partnership Architects provides a dynamic space for
	diverse studio art programs.

	The Heimbold Center is recognized as an exemplar in the
	2008 Building Type Awards given by the AIA New York
	chapter, cosponsored by the Boston Society of
	Architects.
        ... full story continues online (30 images, six free):
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People and Places
    by Nancy Novitski
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	Cannon Design in Arlington, Virginia - Hord Coplan
	Macht, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland - Olson Sundberg
	Kundig Allen Architects in Houston, Texas - Westlake
	Reed Leskosky in Bethel, New York - Clark Nexsen in
	Norfolk, Virginia - RKT&B in Brooklyn, New York -
	Domus Studio Architects in Oceanside, California -
	Alveary Architecture in Englewood, New Jersey - Pei
	Cobb Freed & Partners and Ellerbe Becket in Kansas City,
	Missouri - Walter Netsch of SOM in Chicago, Illinois...
        ... short stories continue online:
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3D Systems to Unveil Polypropylene Material at Japan Expo - TenLinks, 2008.0619
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Virtual Imaging the Way to Go - City Messenger, 2008.0618
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