May 2011 Table of Contents

Cabrini-Green is now gone, and Chicago embarks on a new public-private era of public housing. Read more

Richard Tyler lost everything in Katrina, but rebuilt his life with the help of a "Porchdog." Read more

Across the Institute Read more

Universal design is architecture's next great frontier. Read more

Grounding architecture within a larger building ecology. Read more

Ecology matters. Read more

The 2011 AIA Gold Medalist, Fumihiko Maki, invites ARCHITECT into the studio of Maki and Associates. Read more

The Kansas City firm does not just advocate for building green, but has come to drive the sustainable-design movement. Read more

University of Arkansas Community Design Center, Fayetteville, Ark. Read more

Dlandstudio, Brooklyn, N.Y. Read more

University of Arkansas Community Design Center, Fayetteville, Ark. Read more

KlingStubbins, Philadelphia Read more

Jensen Architects/Jensen & Macy Architects, San Francisco Read more

Steven Holl Architects, New York and Beijing Read more

Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, New York Read more

Julie Snow Architects, Minneapolis Read more

Clive Wilkinson Architects, Los Angeles Read more

Cannon Design, St. Louis Read more

Patrick Tighe Architecture, Santa Monica, Calif. Read more

Rene Gonzalez Architect, Miami Read more

ZGF Architects, Portland, Ore. Read more

Belzberg Architects, Santa Monica, Calif. Read more

Lehrer Architects, Los Angeles Read more

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago Read more

Marilys R. Nepomechie, FAIA, Marilys R. Nepomechie Architect and Florida International University; Marta Canavés, Marta Canavés Design and Florida International University Read more

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Chicago Read more

LMN Architects, Seattle; DA/MCM, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Read more

Montalba Architects, Santa Monica, Calif. Read more

Lake|Flato Architects, San Antonio Read more

Allied Works Architecture, New York and Portland, Ore. Read more

Acropolis Museum, Bernard Tschumi Architects, New York and Paris Read more

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, New York Read more

REX | OMA, New York Read more

Plaza Carso, Mexico City / Fernando Romero's Museo Soumaya Read more

San Francisco/Rafael Viñoly Architects Read more

Le Cube Orange (The Orange Cube)/Lyon, France/Jakob + MacFarlane Read more

Chicago/John Ronan Architects Read more

Guangzhou Opera House, China/Zaha Hadid Architects Read more

This firm pulled through the recession by focusing on its four primary markets. Read more

Staying true to their mission and not falling for the boom helped this Boston firm return to the top five. Read more

Openness and sustainability help this firm move into the top spot this year. Read more

Our third-annual ranking of American architecture firms judges them on three factors: profitability, sustainable ethos, and design quality. Read more

The top 10 in each of the scoring categories: award-winning, net revenue per employee, and sustainable firms. Read more

Those firms who came in at 51 to 100 in the third-annual ARCHITECT 50 rankings. Read more

After trimming its organization with the downturn in 2009, the skyscraper-building giant is hitting its stride. Read more

This Boston firm took a top 5 spot with their combination of research and its sensitivity to the past. Read more

Here is how the rankings in the ARCHITECT 50 are calculated. Read more

Architectural photographer Nick Merrick gives his tips on shooting architectural photography. Read more

Systems thinking in architecture: VisionArc, a New York City think tank, puts design at the service of complex global challenges. Read more

A look at market conditions and signature works in Columbia, S.C. Read more

EHDD Architecture in San Francisco builds a green elementary school in China after the 2008 earthquake. Read more

The recession forced some hotel owners to put off renovating. Now, as conditions improve, they’re trying to do the most they can with the capital they’ve got. Read more

Many nations have a national architecture policy in place. Will the U.S.? Read more

This designer was elected to the City Council of West Hollywood, Calif., in part because of his views on the built environment. Read more

The glass ceiling and roof feature of the MUMA-designed Daylit Gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Read more

This features coordinating Aura paint from Benjamin Moore and Crossville’s floor tile. Read more

A microfiber upholstery manufactured without a woven core, making it easy to work with. Read more

An upcycled rocker that is part of the artist's Fizz line of paintings and furniture. Read more

A new lightweight 5/8” non-type X wallboard. Read more

Door products with thermal barriers that are manufactured using EcoLuminum.. Read more

This chair is influenced by contemporary Japanese design and Scandinavian archetypes. Read more

This adds high-performance, formaldehyde-free features to the company’s insulation. Read more

A new collection of glass tiles in seven series. Read more

Handcrafted out of 14-gauge steel and the vented dual-wall construction keeps the skin cool. Read more

Energy and daylighting modeling software: four designers offer their preferences for daylighting modeling software tools. Read more

Even on a budget and despite its popularity, designers can make curtainwall stand out from the crowd. Read more

The divide between the proponents of practice-based and theoretical instruction. Read more

"Ethics for Architects" and "The Invisible Elements of Place." Read more

Mimi Zeiger expands on "Tiny Houses" with "Tiny Houses in Nature." Read more

The diplomatic career of painter Peter Paul Rubens, by Mark Lamster. Read more

Contributing editor Joseph Giovannini transformed a 1930s garage into live-work units. Read more

Blaine Brownell, AIA, talks with the architects of Japan. Read more

A restaurant in New York is changing its food, music, and decor every 30 days until October. Read more

An exhibit in New York attempts to remedy the wrongs done to fabric designers, by highlighting the history of Knoll Textiles. Read more

Design Museum in London offers up a How to Design series on lights, chairs, houses, and typefaces. Read more

A new compilation of photographer Julius Shulman's snaps of L.A. reveal midcentury modern at its height, as well as the domestic, agricultural, and industrial state of L.A. at the time. Read more

The Miller House by Eero Saarinen, Dan Kiley, and Alexander Girard in Columbus, Ind., is available for tourists to see. Read more

Listen to the sounds of a police radio feed layered over electronica to get the soundtrack of San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Montreal. Read more

Adam Reed Tucker built world-famous buildings in Lego form, including the Burj Khalifa, the unbuilt Chicago Spire and more. Read more

This compendium features photographs and drawings of 70 sustainable projects worldwide that feature varied eco-strategies. Read more

From 1970 to the fall of the Berlin Wall, sci-fi-like buildings were built across the Sovet Union—and are surveyed in this book. Read more

Will Jones compiles architectural and fanciful sketches by architects including Shigeru Ban, Wil Alsop, and more. Read more

The Piazza d'Italia's current state speaks to the postindustrial city and post-Katrina New Orleans. Read more

A freestanding LED task lamp that is made with 32% recycled content and is 97% recyclable. Read more

A modern version of classic task lamp, incorporating LEDs. Read more

Combining basic geometric shapes with wood and metal in a task lamp. Read more

Task lamp that uses four 1.5W LEDs to offer bright, warm light with a color temperature of 3,000 K. Read more

This task lamp has an 11W compact fluorescent bulb with a rated maximum of 40W. Read more

This Lytegem lamp is part of the permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Read more

The 205 task lamp family is now available in the U.S from Holly Hunt. Read more

A white table lamp made from a single piece of aluminum; the source is hidden within the curve. Read more

This task lamp has a power consumption of 8W and color-rendering index of 95. Read more

A task lamp based on the concept of perforated lamps from North Africa. Read more

Mexico City/Richard Meier & Partners Architects Read more

Dallas, Ore./THA Architecture and Lease Krutcher Lewis Read more

Riviera Maya, Mexico/Richard Meier & Partners Architects Read more

Madison, Wisc./Machado and Silvetti Associates and Continuum Architects + Planners Read more

Denver/Allied Works Architecture Read more

Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, Berkeley, Calif. Read more

Thomas Phifer and Partners, New York Read more