Table of Contents September 2008
Dialogue
Features
FXFowle and the Wildlife Conservation Society found a new use for the Bronx Zoo's vacant Lion House, as a LEED-certified habitat for Madagascan wildlife.
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Conventional wisdom about interational practice is part myth, part reality. Architects working abroad share their experiences.
More than a decade in the making, the new U.S. Embassy in Berlin has been drawing heavy fire from German critics. Is their animosity deserved?
Kevin Flynn of the AIA's Committee on Leadership Education suggests how younger practitioners can attain job security during a recession.
With 76 million baby boomers contemplating life after retirement, the traditional nursing home model is in sore need of an upgrade.
Local Market
Numbers
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The economic slowdown has affected the nation's AEC firms, in the form of hiring freezes, layoffs, and a drop in revenue, according to ZweigWhite's 2008 Financial Performance Survey.
Screen Grab
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Sites, blog posts, and other web items of interest.
Recent efforts to sell residences designed by prominent modern architects have provided a new impetus for conservation.
Report
Other Articles
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News briefs from around the world of architecture.
Created in a mere 14 months with help from local architecture and contracting groups, Phelps Architecture, Construction & Engineering High School aims to increase minority representation in the building professions.
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Starting Jan. 1, 2009, the U.S. Green Building Council will no longer handle LEED certification of buildings. That process will be taken over by the Green Building Certification Institute, which already manages the certification of the LEED professional accreditation program.
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On Aug. 14, the New York City Council passed an amendment stripping the requirement that the commissioner of the Department of Buildings has to be a licensed architect or engineer. The local chapter of the AIA is unhappy with the legislation.
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The longtime, award-winning senior editor, who has overseen Rizzoli's architecture division since 1987, was recently named associate publisher.
Technology
Products
A new sustainable door from Jeld-Wen is made from solid pone AuraLast wood and argon-filled insulating glass.
Windows from Serious Materials are made with an insulated fiberglass frame.
The wire access control in a door knob application from Sargent allows for security and software updates without physical access.
NanaWall's innovative sliding glass door system has no floor track.
Polished brass and chrome-plated door knobs from Azucena
Other Articles
Culture
Other Articles
Q&A
Other Articles
A well-planned client tour can ensure that an architect and client are on the same page architecturally, financially, and emotionally.
The built environment is at much as risk as the natural environment.
Design and illumination in a store that markets to teenagers.
The chairman of RTKL tells you when and how to outsource work.
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