Table of Contents January 2012
Dialogue
AIArchitect
AIAVoices
Doing well by trying to do good.
Raphael Sperry, AIA, sees social justice as today's civil rights issue.
AIANow
AIAPractice
AIAFeature
AIAPerspective
Features
How this architect-turned-interior-design professor balances teaching, designing, and her home life.
How this firm has secured new clients with its blog.
How a blog helped personalize this multinational firm.
In-house research has developed materials and technology.
Their research into Chicago's infrastructure led to a project.
Improving workplace design using Web-based surveys.
Semipro mountain biker and solo practitioner who designs straw-bale houses.
Former shareholder and vice president at Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) in Baltimore turned solo practitioner.
After being laid off in 2010, he started own firm in Kansas City, Mo., with a workplace culture that promotes flexibility.
A global design firm and an academic institution collaborate.
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Many firms have already realized research’s importance in wooing clients and securing projects.
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As the profession faces a coming talent shortage, can a friendlier culture help a firm's bottom line?
The 2011 Architecture Firm Award winner, BNIM, offers eight ways to create a healthy office.
Some architects have embraced social media and telecommunications, but others struggle to discern the actual benefits.
A solo practitioner and mother, Mason reveals how she balances the two roles.
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Smartphones and ever-growing workloads have broken down the walls between home and office.
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In transforming one of its offices into a living lab prototype, the GSA is looking at changing the way the government works.
As firms encourage more collaboration between architects and launch new research initiatives, office space design will also change. Welcome to a world of incubator spaces.
Buildings
Business
Entrepreneur
Typology
Other Articles
If there can't be a recovery without new construction, then it is still a ways off.
Atlanta is defined by more than sprawl.
Marty Doscher explains how staying competitive means keeping ahead of technology.
Technology
I.T.
CEU Article
Culture
Crit
Exhibits Books Etc.
The hobbyist starchitect rejoices with Yee's book of buildngs to be made in origami form.
Proposals for reenvisioning America's subburbs are on display a MoMA, from Feb. 15 to July 30.
Steven Holl set the skyscraper on its side in Shenzen, China.
The history of Princeton University's contribution to the Gothic Revival style is on display at Princeton from Feb. 25 to June 24.
The Detroit Institute of Arts puts on the last exhibit of photos of urban blight. Through April 29.
Because of John Portman, soaring atriums and water fountains are ubiquitous in hotels today.
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A new exhibit at Rome's MAXXI reminds us that recycling can be inventive, inspiring, and even subversive. Through April 29.
David M. Schwarz Architects talks about the philosophy of architecture on YouTube.
A Design Museum exhibit toasts the museum's founder and auteur of British design. Through March 4.
Studio Visit
Past P/A
Products
A collection of seating and tables available in a variety of configurations and finishes.
An interior window shade fabric designed to reflect solar heat and reduce glare.
A porcelain flooring tile with the look and texture of brushed concrete.
A lightweight, sag-resistant gypsum ceiling board that helps ease the installation process.
A wood composite cladding material made in the U.S. with sustainable and recycled materials.
The first hybrid urinal that can operate in waterless and flush on request modes.
A collection of ceramic tiles featuring patterns designed by Vincente Wolfe.
Porcelain stone tile featuring fossil-inspired patterns.
A new finish color for a classic and iconic piece.
A multipurpose receptacle with a variety of finish options.
A collection of LED fixtures available in pendant or sconce formats.
A porcelain tile designed to mimic the look of end-grain wood.
A metal-coated mesh that provides one-way viewing for exterior or interior glazing applications.
Bullet- and blast-resistant panels approved by the U.S. Marshals Service and the U.S. General Services Administration.
Other Articles
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