Table of Contents April 2007
Dialogue
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Architecture's all-or-nothing affair with technology ended badly in the 1970s, when the promise of modernism began to smell like a threat. It's a shame, because despite the fact that counseling was in order—Brutalism, anyone?—architecture and technology can make good bedfellows.
Salary Survey
Architects may be driven by the creative side of the profession, but there's a lot more to running a design firm than indulging the solitary genius. Every talent, no matter how brilliant, needs a supporting cast to shine. A survey of their salaries.
Features
Thomas Phifer Harness the power of light to connect buildings—and their occupants—with nature.
Evidence-based design makes the crowded, chaotic emergency room a thing of the past.
After a major renovation, the Yale University Art Gallery finally looks and functions the way its architect, Louis Kahn, wanted.
Intern architects weigh the creative rewards of their profession against its financial drawbacks.
Report
News
Facing loss of accreditation, the Frank Lloyd Wright school rebuilds from within
Created in 1982 by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America (ICA), the Arthur Ross Awards recognize the achievements and contributions of architects, educators, artisans, and others dedicated to preserving and advancing the classical tradition. This year's five awardees, selected...
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Software manufacturer Autodesk Inc. has made improvements to its suite of Revit products for building information modeling (BIM) and created an award for innovation in the implementation of the Revit platform.
Structural failure at the David L. Lawrence Center in Pittsburgh repaired
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Seven finalists have been announced for the 2007 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture–Mies van der Rohe Award.
After nearly four years on the job, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) director of design Jeff Speck announced in late March he would leave his post to return to private practice as a city planner.
The Barnes Foundation, a cultural institution based in Lower Merion, Pa., has announced an international search for an architect to design a new 120,000-square-foot museum building in central Philadelphia.
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News briefs from around the world of architecture.
Zaha Hadid, whose emotive, painterly approach to design and spatially complex buildings rattled the foundation of Modernism, has been named the 2007 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture.
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British architect Richard Rogers is the 2007 recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Screen Capture
Sites, blog posts, and other web items of interest.
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Applying social networking technology to design P.R.
Other Articles
Departments
Best Practices
Ecology
Portfolio
Culture
Object Lesson
Exhibits
Q&A