Table of Contents October 2006
Dialogue
ARCHITECT will be about architecture and buildings, but above all it will be—as its name implies—about you and your life's work.
An introduction from the editor in the premiere issue of Architect magazine.
Features
ARCHITECT gathered in Chicago with a group of academics and practitioners from different regions of the country and steps on the career ladder and asked them to share their personal goals and their perceptions of the state of the profession.
American architecture embodies the ideals of democracy for which our revolution was fought and our Constitution created.
Rand Elliott rethinks the office box in Oklahoma City.
By paying attention to his instincts, Ammar Eloueini now stands among the leaders of the digital design revolution, testing the limits of form and training the next generation of software-savvy designers.
Report
News
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Adrian Smith announced in early October that he was leaving Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) to start a new Chicago-based firm specializing in large international and sustainable projects.
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Assembly Bill 573, signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in September, prohibits California's local public agencies from requiring design professionals—defined as architects, landscape architects, engineers, and land surveyors—to be responsible for the negligence and errors of other parties.
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Today's architect must satisfy a host of regulations and standards, not to mention federal law.
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Denver is experiencing an architectural renaissance these days, perhaps most notably in its construction of new museums.
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They announced in July the formation of a collaborative working group to “address and solve problems caused by industry fragmentation, lack of clear communication across professions, and old business models.”
Actor Brad Pitt has put $200,000 and immeasurable PR value into a competition for sustainable and affordable housing in New Orleans.
Billings, client satisfaction, and awards are three ways an architecture firm might measure success.
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News briefs from around the world of architecture.
Thomas Gordon Smith, a practitioner and champion of classical architecture, will be the U.S. General Services Administration's new chief architect.
Screen Capture
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Sites, blog posts, and other web items of interest.
The “Listening Post,” an art installation that culls text fragments in real time from thousands of unrestricted Internet chat rooms.
Other Articles
Departments
Marketing
www.som.com, the internet presence of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), reflects the inner workings of an architecture firm—its internal research, its water cooler epiphanies, and even its aborted projects.
Portfolio
Software
Built on the BIM revolution, Trelligence's Affinity may be the first software of its kind, designed specifically to address the programming stage of planning, designing, and constructing a building.
Other Articles
Culture
Object Lesson
Books
Exhibits
Film
Q&A
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