June 2014 Table of Contents

The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards has endorsed a potentially transformative new path to licensure. Read more

Applied research and design outreach. Read more

Events afield of the 2014 AIA National Convention. Read more

Chicago's first time at the fair. Read more

Emerging architects in Chicago. Read more

Architects don't have all the answers, but they know how to find them. Read more

The latest icon in Beijing is the headquarters of China’s largest private broadcaster—and it wasn’t designed by a foreign architect. Read more

Karen Lantz wanted to design her house using only U.S.-manufactured products. Minus the solar panels (and a few other things), her project is a blueprint for local sourcing. Read more

Alvin Huang's multilayered, computer-generated designs are merging applied research from his academic studio with the real-world problem-solving of his Los Angeles firm. Read more

This new public pavilion in Winnipeg’s Old Market Square is more than a bandshell. It’s an example of how R+D can influence the urban environment. Read more

Norman Foster studied under Paul Rudolph at Yale, but his School of Management building on the university’s New Haven campus takes a different tack. Read more

This not-quite-beachside house on a hillside in Spain brings the water to the residents. Read more

A 10-foot-deep façade extension in Mexico City transforms a standard department store into an active public space, inside and out. Read more

SPF:a’s modern addition to an existing 1930s post office complex provides a new cultural epicenter for Beverly Hills. Read more

Even as the economy recovers, the competition for brick-and-mortar projects remains fierce. Architects would be wise to expand their practices and embrace these emerging fields. Read more

Get your firm up and running with these four tips. Read more

Underneath the 17-acre roof of Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminal 2, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill crafted a mega-puzzle of custom panels. Read more

For the GSA Office Building in Albuquerque, N.M., architecture and engineering firm Page hung western red cedar slats to shade the courtyard and building interior in an elegant and efficient manner. Read more

Custom fabrication shop Kreysler & Associates has created an ultra-lightweight composite panel that can withstand the heat. Read more

Designing above and beyond seismic building codes can help to save lives and recovery costs by ensuring that structures remain both upright and functional after an earthquake. Read more

The next frontier of construction robots wants to work for you. These five machines are being primed by their developers to work on even the most rugged jobsites in the not-so-distant future. Read more

For artist Pablo Bronstein, the avant-garde has become so institutionalized that history seems radical. Read more

As green walls have emerged as a way of covering buildings with vegetation, this P/A citation-winning project offers a cautionary tale. Read more

These socially and environmentally responsible products offer their makers training in skilled jobs, bolster industry in communities globally, and divert landfill-bound materials for a second life in new applications. Read more

ACE Mentor Program, National Building Museum, Post-Sandy Initiative, and Rick Smith Read more

Ashley W. Clark, Assoc. AIA, marketing manager for LandDesign; Julie Ann Engh, Assoc. AIA, Highland Associates; Ana Isabel Guerra, Assoc. AIA, project manager at Jacobs Engineering Group; and Hiroshi Jacobs, Assoc. AIA, designer at Studios Architecture Read more

The AIA honored six projects in regional and urban design, including ones by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Lake|Flato Architects; and WXY Architecture + Urban Design. Read more

The 18 winners of this year's Young Architects Awards. Read more

Carole J. Olshavsky, FAIA, former deputy director of the Ohio Public Works Division; James Logan Abell, FAIA, founder of Abell & Associates Architects; and Robert G. Shibley, FAIA, dean and campus architect of the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Buffalo Read more

The new executive director of the AIA's philanthropic arm talks about resiliency and the importance of architects in rebuilding efforts. Read more

The nine honorees for the 2014 Interior Architecture awards include Architecture Research Office, Belzberg Architects, and the Miller Hull Partnership. Read more

Fredric Bell, FAIA, executive director of AIA New York Read more

The AIA honored 11 entries in the architecture category in 2014, including projects by Gensler, Cannon Design, and Olson Kundig Read more

As grand as it was adaptable, Harry Weese’s station design helped transform Washington into a modern metropolis. Read more

Harrison Fraker, Assoc. AIA, professor of architecture and urban design, UC Berkeley Read more

Ivenue Love-Stanley, FAIA, principal, Stanley, Love-Stanley Read more

With a diverse body of work defined by a keen sensitivity to place, EDR has helped New Orleans rebuild from Katrina. Read more

Julia Morgan's quietly revolutionary architecture—a blend of Beaux-Arts and Bay Area influences—is finally earning its due. Read more