Table of Contents August 2009
Dialogue
R+D Awards
Wahoo Decks creates a flexible, weather-resistant system of aluminum decking.
The Center for Architecture Science and Ecology creates a new modular green wall system that bares the plants roots and increases air-cleaning efficiency.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designs a building frame that rolls with the impact of an earthquake and then returns to form when the aftershocks are finished.
Introducing the third annual ARCHITECT magazine R+D Awards.
IwamotoScott Architecture creates a lightweight structure of compression arches out of wood laminate for SCI-Arc.
Sika Sarnafil create a mechanical attachment system to bond thermoplastic membranes to roofs without damaging them.
A 3D model of San Francisco developed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is being used to track old and new construction and determine the viability of future developments.
SOM's Chicago office engineers a desalinization tower that aims to make the seaside desert a bit more habitable.
Shaw Industries created a cradle-to-cradle solution for broadloom carpet backing.
Perkins Eastman's design for the new TKTS Booth in New York relies on a series of trusses and bearing walls made entirely from glass.
Barkow Leibinger Architects use 2D and 3D cutting and casting technology to create a huge cantilevered roof for the Gatehouse building on Trumpf's campus.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill design a prototype system that uses plastic bottles, bags, and other compressed waste to lighten and fill spaces in concrete slabs.
Dean/Wolf Architects designs a folded stainless steel staircase for a Manhattan townhouse.
The Office for Visual Interaction designed a prototype LED streetlight for New York to cut down on energy use.
Business
Best Practices
Local Market
Four years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is slowly battling back, thanks to federal dollars, disaster relief block grants, and tax credits.
Other Articles
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A trade group on the wane, a professional role being replaced, bit by bit, with digital tools—times are tough for spec writers. But don’t count them out just yet.
Technology
Detail
Ecology
Products
Apavisa, from Tile of Spain, releases a new line of porcelain ventilated façades.
The new Solucent mesh shading system from Cambridge Architectural.
Colorful, geometric patterns to suit a structure's design needs.
A/V
Culture
Crit
Screen Grab
History
Books
A new book by Charlie Hailey takes a broad look at all the various types of temporary (and some not-so-temporary) structures.
A re-imagining of "The Three Little Pigs" as famous architects by illustrator Steven Guarnaccia.
Other Articles
Ride in modernist style and with respect to right angles on the BauBike.
Ben van Berkel and Zaha Hadid designed temporary pavilions for the centennial event.
An auction of 472 lots, "Splendid Ceremonies: The Paul and Marianne Gourary Collection of Illustrated Fête Books," at Christie's.
Past P/A
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