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Table of Contents January 2010

 

Dialogue

  • Book Chat

    Editor-in-chief Ned Cramer shares a few favorite books from his personal library and asks readers to offer their own recommendations.

     

P/A Awards

Business

Best Practices

  • “There are usually 50 or 100 books on people’s desks at any given moment,” says Robert A.M. Stern of his firm’s collection of about 11,000 architectural tomes. “The library is the gateway to our architecture, conceptually. We do a lot of research—from both the aesthetic and technical points of view—in designing our buildings.”

    On the Bookshelf

    Why does Robert A.M. Stern keep a library of more than 11,000 volumes in his firm's offices? Because a smart staff needs intellectual stimulation.

     

Local Market

  • Project X Architect: Path Architecture, Portland. Completion: 2010. Brief: 78-space work/live business incubator recycled 95% of construction waste; on track for LEED Silver.

    Portland, Ore.

    Green architecture is practically the industry standard in Portland, where a mandate on sustainability pairs nicely with a strong can-do culture.

     

Strategy

  • Want the Medal? Keep the Metrics

    Revised rating system stays close to earlier versions, but rewards sustainable siting and requires post-occupancy performance data.

     

Technology

Detail

  • The brightly glazed Youth Center and Sports Complex in Saint-Cloud, France, is constructed from an articulated ribbon of stuctural, load-bearing, prefabricated concrete panels. This allowed for quick construction and was an experiment for Paris-based KOZ Architects, which had not previously worked with the material.

    Prefabricated Concrete Frame

    A new recreation center by Paris-based KOZ Architects relies on a prefabricated concrete frame for its structure and façade strategy.

     

Ecology

  • Gizmo Green

    Too often, green construction is about how smart a building's gadgets are. Instead, it should be about smart architecture.

     

Products

Other Articles

  • Green Toolbox

    Given the proliferation of free or inexpensive sustainable design tools on the Web, ARCHITECT asked three green leaders to tell us their go-to gadgets.

     

Culture

Crit

  • Visitors relax in Dallas’ new 10-acre Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park, designed by French landscape architect Michel Desvigne. At right is the new opera house by Foster + Partners; its monumental canopy extends into, and provides shade for, the park.

    Enough Arts; More District

    Cathy Lang Ho wonders: Can Dallas turn a complex of starchitect-designed buildings into a vibrant urban district?

     

Exhibits Books Etc.

Screen Grab

  • “I don’t think about our environmental impact and believe that we have to save the world,” says GreenKonnect founder Jameson Detweiler. “It’s just that the way we’ve been building is irresponsible. We need to do it in a different way.”

    greenkonnect.com

    LEED-focused construction can be a little bit like love: Sometimes, architects and building product makers need help connecting.

     

Past P/A

  • Utilitarian Landmark

    Winner of a 1961 P/A Award, the building's design—by Earl Carlin, with Peter Millard and Paul Pozzi—sparked a jury dispute over its place in the cityscape.

     
 
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