July 2013 Table of Contents

While the city of Detroit stares bankruptcy in the face, its central business district is enjoying a renaissance. Read more

Adopting global guidelines. Read more

Chicago, Clemson, Santa Fe, Sydney, Baltimore Read more

Being adaptive and responsive is more important now than ever before. Read more

EIFS became known as a lawsuit magnet in the 1990s. But with new energy codes for commercial buildings imminent, is the cladding system poised for a comeback? Read more

With a resilient focus, John and Allison Anderson helped Mississippi towns rebuild post-Katrina. Read more

Design and planning firm NADAAA tackled a problem that hungered for a solution: Create a collection of utensils that looks good and performs even better. Read more

KieranTimberlake dares to investigate the condition of vegetative roofs years after they’re exposed to the real world. Read more

The University of Virginia is redefining the notion of high-performance, modular housing, beginning in the neighborhoods that need it most. Read more

The basic steps to improving building performance—add insulation, update windows, etc.—are obvious, but KieranTimberlake wanted to prove that they work. Read more

With computer-derived geometries and a love for craft, Akoaki found new architectural applications for a 19th-century technique. Read more

Eschewing the flatness of conventional building walls, Archolab is revitalizing the centuries-old craft of plasterwork with help from—what else?—a robot. Read more

Now, more than ever before, innovation in architecture is happening in the digital world, as Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Case Design’s new network demonstrates. Read more

Now in its seventh year, the annual awards program had one First Award and seven winners that celebrate the current culture of exploration in architecture in which anything and everything is possible. Read more

The beauty of a mosaic mural was only enhanced by the inherent understanding of the painstaking effort behind its creation. That is, until Artaic came along. Read more

The concrete grid topping the St. Louis Art Museum’s new East Wing is a work of art in and of itself. Read more

For this quartet of makers, product design can fulfill a personal passion, resolve budgetary constraints, and even expand their clientele. Read more

The lost art of hand sketching may not be lost after all. Read more

When the Olympics draw to a close, the shiny new venues suddenly go quiet. A new book chronicles the second lives of these buildings. Read more

With an encyclopedic collection of analog artifacts, curators have accomplished what Philip Johnson himself could not: The Franco-Swiss architect’s first major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. Read more

Lee Harris Pomeroy’s scheme for converting an old factory marked a shift in the profession’s priorities. Read more

Phoenix-based artist Larry Kornegay adds planters to his design portfolio, which also includes architectural signage and theme parks. Read more