Table of Contents October 2009
Dialogue
Features
Energy efficiency is the next frontier of design and construction, but due to underinvestment and the lack of a national agenda, America isn't leading the way to high performance building.
With sustainability all the rage, it's easy to assume that architects are on board with the Al Gore agenda. But are they? The results of our survey may surprise you.
A guiding light of the New Urbanism, Leon Krier proclaims himself an environmentalist in Drawing for Architecture, a new collection of his famous, often satirical "doodles" concerning design.
Buildings
The San Francisco Friends School hired Pfau Long Architecture—a local firm with a commitment to sustainability—to remake the historic Levi Strauss & Co. factory into a center for learning.
LMN Architects create a vivid steel and glass arena, highlighted by bright green paths and LEDs, in Kent, Wash., to be used by the local Seattle hockey team and for concerts.
Inform Studio incorporated the fallen ash trees killed by the invasive emerald ash borer beetle into its sustainable design for this library branch in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Business
Best Practices
Local Market
Despite the downturn, Roanoke has maintained a building boomlet over the past couple of years, thanks to healthcare, educational, and cultural projects.
Strategy
As holograms become easier and cheaper to produce, they could give renderings, physical models, and other forms of visualization a run for their money.
Technology
Detail
Ecology
Products
For retail and hospitality purposes, these new bamboo tabletops and countertops are available in three styles.
A new rubberized, 100-percent recyclable safety surface for business footpaths and hotel poolsides.
This material helps Omnova Solutions' products meet stringent California specifications for low-VOC emissions in their wallcovering products.
With an efficiency of 80 percent, these direct vent fireplaces have the ability to replace traditional heaters and earn LEED points.
A combination of structural rammed earth and post-tensioned rods, EarthWall is strong, locally sourced, and recyclable.
The company's latest management system for shading and daylighting control.
The new Sense line of modular desking solutions from Herman Miller use fewer components, and those are recyclable.
Culture
Crit
To make our cities greener, we rely for the most part on government action. But added together, individual steps can have a major impact, argues urbanist Alex Krieger.
Screen Grab
Books
Exhibits
The Yale Center for British Art pulls together 300 objects from Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill.
An exhibition of 15 works by contemporary artists and designers—plus one installation not seen in nearly 50 years—explores the Bauhaus legacy in America.
Past P/A
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