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DESIGNING SCHOOLS TOGETHER
When the architecture firm of Fanning/Howey Associates, Inc. begins planning for a new school or renovation, they call on the help of hundreds. Although huge teams are not always the most efficient, the architects believe that ultimately they will yield the best result.
This collective design work is conducted in "charrettes," or intensive, interactive, public design sessions. Teams of architects, engineers, and educational facilities planners set up design stations in a central location such as a school district's headquarters. — Published 2001.0718
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BORROMINI AWARDS TO KLOTZ AND NOUVEL
In June, 2001, Chilean architect Matthias Klotz won the first Francesco Borromini International Award for Young Architects. In a profession where many practitioners reach their full potential late in life, this award celebrates the promise and achievements of architects whose career is still young. — Published 2001.0718
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HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS
In May 2001, the National Trust for Historic Preservation celebrated Preservation Week with a theme of "restore, renew, rediscover your historic neighborhood schools."
This year's event brought national attention to the danger of abandoning older schools: this practice means not only the destruction of some of our built heritage but also the loss of an important social anchor in established neighborhoods. — Published 2001.0620
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SHAPING MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Stop into a science class at Angola Middle School in Angola, Indiana, and you might hear a discussion of how human bacteria has launched a multi-billion-dollar, international perfume and deodorant industry.
At Edgar Allan Poe Middle School in Annandale, Virginia, eighth-graders in math and science may be checking the stock reports to review the latest figures for major consumer product and pharmaceutical companies. — Published 2001.0606
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GEHRY AT THE GUGGENHEIM
Just when you thought the media culture couldn't get any more juiced about Frank Gehry, the Guggenheim Museum in New York City delivers a watermelon for the summer. "Frank Gehry, Architect" opened at Frank Lloyd Wright's marvel on Fifth Avenue on May 18, 2001 and continues through the long, hot summer, until the last Sunday in August. — Published 2001.0606
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BASKETBALL BUSINESS
Architect James Carter had the task of recreating the spontaneous atmosphere of a pickup game of basketball. In designing the corporate headquarters for the small but growing sports apparel company, "AND 1," he also had to appeal to unpredictable basketball fanatics. — Published 2001.0404
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A SCHOOL WITH DAYLIGHT
A newly opened school in Newport Beach provides both the medium and the message for teachers and parents in Southern California, who were already instilling in their children a respect for energy conservation before an electricity shortage hit the western United States.
Architects in the Pasadena office of the firm — Published 2001.0314
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BRUCE GOFF COMES TO REST AMONG PEERS
In a 20-month project that culminated in October 2000, Seattle architect Grant Gustafson, AIA took responsibility for the disposition of the remains of the late Bruce Goff — eighteen years after the death of the unique teacher and self-taught, iconoclastic architect.
Gustafson designed a marker, secured funding for it and a burial plot, and brought together Goff aficionados to pay a tribute to the master as he was laid among other greats of 20th century architecture. — Published 2001.0228
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NEW SCHOOL EMBODIES ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CONCERNS
Editor's Note: In this story, Wissam Jabr describes the approach taken by his firm to this substantial school project.
In creating an educational environment for "mentally challenged" children and young adults, as architects we faced a few challenges of our own. Beirut's new Abdel Hadi Debs School for Mental Development was to function as both home and school for 575 students plus staff, with a restricted budget but high ambitions for energy conservation. — Published 2001.0221
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ARCHITECTURE HIGH SCHOOL AT ONE
One day last October, four public high school students worked with four interior designers from morning till evening in an office in center-city Philadelphia. They were designing a new seminar space.
Each teenager teamed with a designer. At the end of the day, the students coordinated their efforts with that of the others. Later that month, their ideas became a reality. — Published 2000.1220
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