Table of Contents August 2010
Dialogue
R+D Awards
This year's jury selected 11 winners—ranging from sustainable housing to steam-bending and rubber sinks—based on a combination of performance, aesthetics, and progressive thinking.
A University of Michigan research group has revisited the 19th century technique of bending wood through steam with 21st century tools.
Designed by two New York architecture firms, the compact R-House offers a prototype for low-energy housing that’s also affordable and adaptable.
In the world of green, worth is usually measured in acronyms—VOCs, IAQ, FSC, etc. Minarc's rubber sink, however, has a pedigree so pure, no acronyms are necessary.
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, known for net-zero and positive-energy designs, is helping its hometown of Chicago meet carbon-reduction goals.
Designed for the 2009 Solar Decathlon, RVTR/Team North's 800-square-foot prototype house is tailor-made for northern climates.
It’s hard to get simpler in conception and execution than Green-Zip Tape, a substitute for the joint-compound tape that's been used between gypsum board panels since the 1930s.
The surface of PLY Architecture's Shadow Pavilion consists of 100-plus laser-cut cones that test the limits of sheet aluminum while funneling in light, moisture, and sound.
When the only public-access rowing club on the Charles River required a new facility, Anmahian Winton Architects saw a chance to update the vocabulary of local rowing structures.
Wallpaper isn't everyone's cup of tea. In response to a client’s interest in 3D wall paneling, PROJECTiONE set out to invent a system of ornamental tiles.
Street security is omnipresent in urban centers. Finding existing options for New York's financial district lacking, Rogers Marvel Architects developed the Turntable Vehicle Barrier.
SOM combines kinetic shades, the building envelope, and internal mechanicals into an adaptive façade that minimizes energy use while maximizing user comfort.
Business
Best Practices
Local Market
Strategy
Technology
Detail
Ecology
Products
A new retaining wall face from Redi-Rock with a natural look.
Get the look of an old European village's streets with these pavers.
These stone accents complement Eldorado's stone profile colors.
Attractive retaining wall systems for light commercial and residential applications.
Other Articles
Take a pair of 21st century arts schools, mix in a casino's giant LED screens, add a sprinkle of Army distance learning with hospital telemedicine, and you've got a taste of what the pro AV industry's best have to offer.
You've probably seen or heard references to "cloud computing." What is it? How can it affect architectural practice? We offer a primer.
Culture
Crit
Exhibits Books Etc.
An exhibit at Washington, D.C.'s Textile Museum showcases the work of three British designers: Lucienne Day, Jacqueline Groag, and Marian Mahler.
The seven winners of the AIA New York New Practices Committee's third biennial competition are celebrated through models, renderings, and films.
Fifty years after they were first published, Ishimoto Yasuhiro's photos of a 17th century Kyoto villa can be experienced as originally intended.
A new book on Scotland's most famous architect challenges his originality.
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