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Fourth Annual R+D Awards

This year's jury selected 11 winners—ranging from sustainable housing to steam-bending and rubber sinks—based on a combination of performance, aesthetics, and progressive thinking.


  • the team compiled a database of information that helped determine carbon emissions for buildings in the chicago loop. these emissions can now be visualized on a color spectrum from red (very high emissions) to dark green (low emissions).

    Award: Chicago Central Area Decarbonization Plan

    Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, known for net-zero and positive-energy designs, is helping its hometown of Chicago meet carbon-reduction goals.

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    Award: RUBBiSH (Recycled Rubber Sinks)

    In the world of green, worth is usually measured in acronyms—VOCs, IAQ, FSC, etc. Minarc's rubber sink, however, has a pedigree so pure, no acronyms are necessary.

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    Award: R-House

    Designed by two New York architecture firms, the compact R-House offers a prototype for low-energy housing that’s also affordable and adaptable.

 
 
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A Research Gold Mine for Archigram Fans

Although Archigram is best known for whimsy, the Archigram Archival Project reveals...

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Shadowy Surrealism

Two Arquitectonica-designed residential buildings along Biscayne Bay, the Babylon and...

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Bargain-Basement Bids: Necessary Evil or Necessary for Survival?

The second installment of our series on architectural fees finds that increased...

 

Event

2010 R+D Symposium

Register to attend ARCHITECT's two-day conference about the forefront of building technology.


 
 

Web Exclusive

The G-List

Lance Hosey surveyed 150 sustainability experts about the best green buildings of the past 30 years. What did he learn?


 
 
 

Call for Entries

 
 

Announcement

New AIA/Hanley Wood Integrated Media Partnership Supports Opportunities That Advance the Architecture Profession (PDF)

The agreement, effective January 1, 2011, creates a portfolio of integrated media channels, editorial, events and continuing education with a media partner committed to increasing the impact and relevance of the contributions of the AIA and its members. Download the PDF (below) for complete details regarding this integrated media partnership.

 
 
 

Blogs

Aaron Betsky

Beyond Buildings Blog

Lance Hosey

Ecology Blog

Blaine Brownell

Mind & Matter Blog

 
 

August Issue

August 2010

The Fourth Annual R+D Awards, Self-Inflicted Losses, Repeating Structural Node, Masonry products, and more.

 
 
 

PSG Call for Submissions

PSG Call for Submissions

ARCHITECT is calling for submissions of products to be considered for the upcoming Fall Product Spec Guide.


 
 
 

Architect's Network

 
 

Masonry products

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BelAir Wall from Belgard Hardscapes

Attractive retaining wall systems for light commercial and residential applications.


 
 

Architect TV

An Interview with Tricia Stuth

Tricia Stuth, winner of a 2010 AIA Young Architects Award, discusses how teaching and research inform her practice and why she prefers to focus on residential design.