Table of Contents July 2008
Dialogue
News
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Walter Netsch, an architect who remained in the news decades after retiring from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, died at his home on June 16. He was the last of a small generation of Chicago iconoclasts whose work ran counter to the city's drab corporate desi
Features
It was back to basics at this year's Milan Furniture Fair, with a bumper crop of hardworking wooden chairs. But other trends, such as perforated and woven metal and creased and folded surfaces, added texture to the show.
In Manhattan, Matthews Architects marries industry to nature at the Hell's Kitchen home of an arts nonprofit.
Design-business consultant Jack Reigle doles out some strategic advice: Plan ahead, be objective, and stick to your strengths.
Near Fayetteville, Ark., Marlon Blackwell brings clean, contemporary design to an unexpected building type: the golf clubhouse.
As the global coffee chain mulls big changes, five teams of architects present their ideas for a 21st century "third place."
Local Market
Numbers
Screen Grab
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Sites, blog posts, and other web items of interest.
MyDealBook.com offers the qualities of real estate databases and social networks by offering not just professional profiles but also information on the business its members have conducted.
Report
Other Articles
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News briefs from around the world of architecture.
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U.S. cities with worst and best air pollution.
R.M Schindler's only spec home has been donated to the MAK Center, which is using the Los Angeles residence for the newly launched Urban Future Initiative, which allows researchers to stay there for two-month periods.
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The Big Ten school has announced a new concentration in architectural engineering and design beginning this fall. The two-year degree program, offered by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will be led by Chicago architect Laurence Boot
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The AIA and the U.S. Green Building Council have announced plans to form a partnership for the advancement of the group's shared sustainability goals.
Daniel Libeskind's design for the new CJM takes its cues from the Hebrew language, specifically the letterforms that constitute the Hebrew word "chai" (life).
What price great design? Three recent auctions of top-shelf architecture suggest "too much."
Technology
Products
Dell high-definition display that pivots to landscape and portrait modes
Graphisoft software includes multicore processor support
The SP870'a dual lamps produce 6,000 lumens
Apple Server has three hard drive bays with a 32 GB memory limit
Panasonic HDTV is 1080p with 30,000:1 or 1,000,000:1 contrast ratios
Canon's printer includes a built-in calibration for consistent color.
Vela Systems' Software synchronizes and distributes documents and drawings from the field with annotations
With the Steelcase network table, a puck-shaped control allows users to choose which screen to display information on with no cable switching
D-Link plug and play needs no external server
A desktop interface from Google provides universal search across local files, network servers, and the internet
3DConnexion computer peripherals for architects
Culture
Other Articles
Q&A
Other Articles
Will the Vietnam Veterans Memorial be enhanced or eclipsed by a new interpretive center?
The lowdown on monographs, and how to get your published.
Elyse Engelhardt is neither an architect nor an accountant, but that didn't stop her from becoming the chief financial officer of high-flying New York firm Fox & Fowle Architects (FXFowle Architects since 2005).
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