Table of Contents october 2010
Dialogue
Features
When a town in Sweden began crumbling into a giant crater, the local authorities took action—by convening a global design summit.
What do you get when you combine landscape architecture with landscape-based urban design? A new approach to city-making.
An interview with Toni L. Griffin, the star urban planner hired to reshape Detroit.
Buildings
Watsonville, Calif./WRNS Studio
Essen, Germany/JSWD Architekten and Chaix & Morel et Associés
Oberlin, Ohio/Westlake Reed Leskosky
Business
Best Practices
Disagreements—every partnership has them, even the best ones. So how should firm leaders prepare for, and deal with, the inevitable?
Local Market
Strategy
Legal battles over sustainability promises vs. performance are just beginning. But it's not only about design, it's also about contracts, expectations, and money.
Other Articles
Technology
Detail
Ecology
Products
The ThermaShade sunshade system features a thermal barrier to reduce energy consumption.
Xeripave Storm Water Grates provide trafficable surfaces for vehicles and cyclists.
USAI's NanoLumen marries optics and performance features for metal halide lamp sources.
Double Cyclone toilets from Toto use 1.28 gallons per flush.
The Modlet from ThinkEco is a smart outlet that monitors real-time power consumption.
The Discera 4 LED from Selux balances efficacy with visual comfort.
The multicolored surfaces of Richlite Co.'s Cascade Range blend natural and design elements.
Philips Hadco's B4 LED Bullyte features a 50,000-hour life.
M-Power faucets from Moen feature a motion sensor that starts and stops the flow of water.
Haworth's new task chair, Very Task, boasts a clean, crisp design.
Edgetech I.G.'s Super Spacer TriSeal enhances the performance of glazed insulating glass units.
CertainTeed's AirRenew gypsum board reduces VOCs circulating indoors.
Other Articles
Culture
Crit
Exhibits Books Etc.
A look at the Swiss heritage in graphic design and typography.
An exploration of surrealistic art as it applies to the idea of the house.
Two shows demonstrate that structural engineers can build structures with emotive qualities.
To celebrate the completion of Paolo Soleri's first bridge, a look at the architect's history of bridge design.
A look at mathematical concepts and how they play out in real-world designs.
Photographer Lee Friedlander offers an artist's version of the road-trip memento: images from the car.
A wallet-friendly, slickly designed primer on how artists and designers use computer codes to create forms.
Vintage images of Brazil's 50-year-old, built-from-scratch capital, Brasilia.
Vito Acconci and colleagues push the limits of DuPont's Corian solid surface.
Screen Grab
Past P/A
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