March 2015 Table of Contents

Projects
Hennepin County Walker Library, Designed by VJAA Hennepin County Walker Library, Designed by VJAA

Vincent James and Jennifer Yoos discuss how this reimagining of a legacy library helped to reinvigorate the streetscape in this neighborhood in northern Minneapolis. Read more

SculptureCenter Renovation and Expansion Cultural Projects SculptureCenter Renovation and Expansion

Andrew Berman talks about his recent work reimagining the SculptureCenter in Long Island City, N.Y. Read more

Aesop Store in Oslo, Designed by Snøhetta Aesop Store in Oslo, Designed by Snøhetta

The company's 100th store opened in central Oslo just in time for the Christmas shopping season, with an iconic ceiling that recalls hills of melting snow. Read more

HAWE Factory, Designed by Barkow Leibinger HAWE Factory, Designed by Barkow Leibinger

With this factory in Kaufbeuren, Germany, the New York- and Berlin-based practice created a humanistic work environment, while still maintaining a recession-era budget. Read more

36SML Beach House, Designed by LevenBetts residential 36SML Beach House, Designed by LevenBetts

The New York firm designed the 8,000-square-foot beach house in three spokes to separate but not isolate the family's activities. Read more

Features
Jimenez Lai's Youthquake at the Graham Foundation emerging talent Jimenez Lai's Youthquake at the Graham Foundation

Lai sits down to discuss his Graham exhibit "Treatise," the youth movement in architecture, and his move to L.A. Read more

The Visionary Place Making of Jon Jerde Obituary The Visionary Place Making of Jon Jerde

Jerde lured suburbanites into public spaces designed to feed the national addiction: consumption. But his manufactured "places" have had a lasting imprint on the American landscape. Read more

Practice
Innovative Detail: Wood Innovation and Design Centre Innovative Detail Innovative Detail: Wood Innovation and Design Centre

Michael Green Architecture has designed the world’s tallest timber structure for the city of Prince George, British Columbia. Read more

Next Progressives: SurfaceDesign Next Progressives Next Progressives: SurfaceDesign

San Francisco-based SurfaceDesign finds inspiration in cultural elements excavated from the sites upon which the firm works. Read more

Up and Running: Words of Advice for Young Firms Up and Running Up and Running: Words of Advice for Young Firms

To close out this series, we asked firm leaders to think back to the early days of their practices to offer some tips to architects thinking about starting their own businesses. Read more

Five Acoustical Wall Panels That Dampen Noise in Style Products Five Acoustical Wall Panels That Dampen Noise in Style

Open-plan offices and contract spaces demand creative noise-management solutions. These products deliver on performance and design. Read more

AIArchtiect
AIA Voices: The New Architect AIA Voices AIA Voices: The New Architect

Jose Alvarez draws on his career-spanning time at Eskew+Dumez+Ripple to provide mentorship opportunities to burgeoning architects. Read more

AIA Design: Welcome to the Boomtown AIAdesign AIA Design: Welcome to the Boomtown

Has Atlanta's rapid expansion paid off? Read more

AIA Feature: New Rules AIAfeature AIA Feature: New Rules

Lessons learned in finding new ways to represent architects in the 21st century. Read more

AIA Perspective: The Human Touch AIAperspective AIA Perspective: The Human Touch

What is the best architecture software? Us. Read more

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