ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 443
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Fri Sep 11 06:24:36 PDT 2009
Dear ArchitectureWeek Readers,
ArchitectureWeek No. 443 is now available on the Web, with these
new design and building features, and more...
GREEN HOUSE IN GEORGIA
by Lisa Ashmore
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In the American South, a region that tends to laud its
heritage, modern can be a hard sell. A residential
client often hears neighborhood fears that a new modern
dwelling will look "chilly" and won't fit in.
RainShine House by architect Robert M. Cain answers
those concerns. Built near downtown Decatur, Georgia,
part of metro Atlanta, the LEED Platinum-certified home
is bright, welcoming, treads lightly on its site, and
respects its neighbors.
The house received 108 credits out of a possible 130 in
the LEED for Homes pilot program, including all nine
possible credits for innovation and design. The
2,800-square-foot (260-square-meter) dwelling is
projected to consume just 43 percent of the energy used
by a comparable home built to the standards of the
International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), and has
been Energy Star-certified.
Beautiful, Comfortable, Sustainable
One of the clients' directives was to provide bountiful,
yearlong streaming sunlight. Generous glazing throughout
the house - including a clerestory that follows the rake
of the butterfly roof - delivers this. The motor-operated
clerestory windows work in concert with the home's
three-zone heating and cooling system, which draws on
new geothermal wells.
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AIA Healthcare Awards 2009
by Brian Libby
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When Providence Health & Services hired Mahlum to
design a new clinic on the north side of Portland,
Oregon, the architects saw a familiar formula, and
looked beyond it.
"All the rest of their clinics have red brick," recalls
Anne Schopf, a principal at Mahlum. "We really wanted to
create a new face for them, a new attitude."
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People and Places
by Nancy Novitski
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Frank Harmon Architect PA in Wilmington, North Carolina
- Steven Holl Architects and JM Architects in Glasgow,
Scotland, United Kingdom - Leo A Daly in Washington,
D.C., USA - RTKL in Batumi, Georgia - Aleks Istanbullu
Architects in West Hollywood, California...
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