August 2013 Table of Contents

Artist Walter De Maria, who died last month at the age of 77, leaves us with powerful lessons about the virtues of hard-won simplicity. Read more

Research, Outreach, and Design Read more

Brussels, Dallas, Philadelphia, Pacific Grove, Durban Read more

Mr. Groucho Marx, Hon. AIA Read more

The Architects’ Resistance helped shift the national conversation about social equity. Read more

Identifying the challenge and meeting it as architects. Read more

Harbor Point was failed public housing—until it was rebuilt as the nation's first mixed-income community by developer Joe Corcoran and architect Joan Goody. Twenty-five years later, what can we learn from this visionary project? Read more

Cao | Perrot Studio blends common and high-end objects to create arresting landscapes. Read more

Architecture professor Dan Rockhill explains how the University of Kansas’s Studio 804 designed and built the Hill Engineering Research & Development Center, which aims to build a better electric car. Read more

This perforated Hong Kong high-rise brings gardens and fresh airflow to a crowded skyline in Causeway Bay. Read more

The architecture firm brings a regionally inflected modernism to the small town of Natchitoches, in the form of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum. Read more

As the recovery limps along, the AIA Compensation Report has good news for senior designers—and those with architecture degrees. Read more

For Córdoba’s Contemporary Art Center, the Madrid-based design firm sculpted a faceted container out of hexagons. Read more

Scientists unlock the secrets of Roman concrete to find a cleaner and tougher binder for modern mixes. Read more

The architect's first major commission inventively combined the ideas of Wright and Corb, and, in so doing, won a citation in the 1963 Progressive Architecture Awards. Read more

A twist on the term, this collection uses light and shadow across undulating forms to bolster static façades and feature walls with dynamic visuals. Read more

Geometric detailing on London-based leather designer Genevieve Bennett’s Layered Tiles collection for Spinneybeck puts a fresh twist on leather wall tiles. Read more

A PVC-free backing with 82% recycled content for use with the company's low-VOC Plynyl tile. Read more

Eight architects and designers reveal the products that have earned a permanent place in their workflow and lives. Read more