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Table of Contents November 2009

 

Dialogue

  • We Are Not Amused

    Both supporters of Richard Rogers and supporters of Prince Charles are mistaken in thinking that style is the central issue in the argument over Chelsea Barracks.

     

Features

  • Aaron Betsky, Ellen Dunham-Jones, Carlos Jimenez, Marion Weiss, and Ralph Johnson

    Annual Design Review

    A new awards program showcasing the best American architecture of the year.

     

Annual Design Review

Work

Live

Play

Grow

Move

Bond

Business

Best Practices

  • Getting your firm clearance to practice in another jurisdiction can mean fulfilling more than just licensing requirements, says attorney Sam Karnes. Some states--including Alaska, Virginia, and Washington--"require you to have certain provisions in the internal operating documents of your company."

    The Multistate Firm

    If your firm is eyeing work in a part of the country other than your own, be prepared to meet demands—including ones you might not expect.

     

Local Market

  • Metro Green Apartments Architect: Perkins Eastman Architects, New York. Completion: 2009. Brief: 50-unit multifamily project is the state???s first LEED Gold affordable housing.

    Stamford, Conn.

    The strength of Stamford's commercial sector is driving a demand for workforce housing, which is helping keep a downtown construction boom moving along.

     

Pro Bono

  • The Neno Schools Project, in Malawi, is an effort by John McAslan + Partners to develop an inexpensive school prototype for one of Africa's poorest countries. The firm, which has created a deparment for pro bono work, also has projects in Rwanda and Haiti.

    Practicing Goodness

    UK firm John McAslan + Partners has made pro bono a cornerstone of its practice, with projects in Malawi, Rwanda, Haiti, and elsewhere.

     

Technology

Detail

  • The walkway connects the brick-colored, Mario Botta–designed museum building to the new sculpture garden atop the adjacent parking garage. Through the glass wall, one can see into the overlook, an extension of existing galleries that looks out on pieces installed in the garden’s open-air exhibition area.

    Sculpture Garden Bridge

    A pedestrian bridge leading to Jensen Architect's new sculpture garden at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art hangs in mid-air.

     

Ecology

  • If a Tree Falls

    LEED may encourage the use of building materials sourced within a 500-mile radius, but that still results in a lot of unnecessary—and wasteful—transportation. What if architects collapsed that radius?

     

Products

Culture

Crit

  • Critical Disjuncture

    A new collection of Herbert Muschamp's architectural writing reveals a larger purpose behind his partisanship.

     

Exhibits Books Etc.

Screen Grab

Past P/A

  • Environmental Icon

    The Sea Ranch condominium complex by Moore Lyndon Turnbull Whitaker was hailed as a paradigm of ecologically sensitive design—and remains so today.

     

Other Articles

 
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