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POSTCARD FROM CHRISTCHURCH
Dear ArchitectureWeek,
On my first day in Christchurch, New Zealand, I was eager to explore the city's cultural heart. After enjoying the brilliant blossoms of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, I headed east toward downtown, where my eyes were drawn to a group of stone buildings from another century. — Published 2003.0723
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POSTCARD FROM RONCHAMP
Dear ArchitectureWeek,
The architectural highlight of our bicycle ride across France was visiting the Notre Dame du Haut chapel, a steep climb from the town of Ronchamp. Designed by Le Corbusier and built in 1955, this expressionist chapel is one of the icons of 20th century European architecture. — Published 2003.0521
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DESIGN FOR BUSINESS 2002
For each of the last six years, McGraw-Hill's Business Week and Architectural Record magazines have joined forces to honor projects that highlight how architecture can support business goals by improving image and workplace efficiency. These award-winning projects may succeed by making employees happier, by enhancing the experience of the visiting public, or generally easing the interactions between people and the architectural space they inhabit. — Published 2003.0312
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POSTCARD FROM ZHOUZHUANG
Dear ArchitectureWeek,
Zhouzhuang, China, located between Shanghai and Suzhou, is a marvelous place of art and architecture. Two-thirds of the architecture in this canal town dates back to the Yuan (1271-1368), Ming (1368-1644), and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Temples and houses line the zigzagging streams that cut through the town, and 14 arched bridges enable people to travel within the city walls on foot. The canals are responsible for the city's survival: during times of war, they were effective defenses against invading forces. — Published 2003.0219
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POST-INDUSTRIAL AFFORDABILITY
It is often tempting for architects and builders, when designing low-income housing, to look for any possible way to reduce the costs of initial construction. But if cheap materials lead to higher maintenance or utility bills in the long run, such economies may prove short-lived. A different approach is based on the idea that affordable housing can be not only attractive but durable and environmentally sustainable as well. — Published 2003.0212
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LIVABILITY PARIS STYLE
Breaking away from the modern mistakes of mass urbanization and heirs to a vast classical architectural tradition, the French are perhaps well placed to tackle the challenges facing the city and to invent a habitable, livable world, in short, a human one. — Frédéric Edelmann, Le Monde, 2001 — Published 2003.0122
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POSTCARD FROM NEW YORK
Dear ArchitectureWeek,
John Hejduk's work is mystical. That aspect of his architecture became stronger toward the end of his career along with his projects' narrative power. (Hejduk, the dean of the architecture program at Cooper Union for more than two decades, died in 2000.) The exhibit, "Sanctuaries: The Last Works of John Hejduk," recently at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, was a compact show that explored the mystical side of his work. — Published 2003.0108
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POSTCARD FROM TANZANIA
Dear ArchitectureWeek,
While traveling on the Serengeti Plain in Tanzania we visited a Masai village. The village is built in a circle with a large wall around it and several entrances. Every night the Masai bring all their cattle into the center of the village and close up the entrances to protect them from lions and other predators. — Published 2002.1218
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RENDERING à LA SECHMAN
A high-end digital rendering of an architectural project may look like it was drawn loosely by hand but may nonetheless be the result of a careful process of manipulating precise geometric elements. — Published 2002.1120
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PDF WORKOUT
Anyone who uses a computer these days should probably be familiar with the Portable Document Format (PDF). Developed by the software company Adobe, Inc., PDF is used for viewing digital documents such as tax forms or brochures that look just like their paper equivalents. PDF files can be viewed and printed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. — Published 2002.0925
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