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AIAMANAGEMENTCOUNCIL:NormanL.Koonce, FAIA, Executive Vice President/CEO; James Dinegar, Chief Operating Officer; Richard J. James, CPA, Chief Financial Officer; Jay A. Stephens, Esq., General Counsel; Helene CombsDreiling, FAIA, Team VicePresident, AIACommunity; Ronald A. Faucheux, PhD, Esq., Team VicePresident, AIAGovernment Advocacy; BarbaraSido, CAE, Team VicePresident, AIAKnowledge; Elizabeth Stewart, Esq., Team Vice President, AIA Public Advocacy; Elizabeth Casqueiro, AIA, Managing Director, AIA Alliances; David Downey, CAE, Assoc. AIA, ManagingDirector, AIA Communities by Design; James W. Gaines Jr., Assoc. AIA, Managing Director, AIA Professional Practice; Suzanne Harness, AIA, Esq., Managing Director and Counsel, AIAContract Documents; Richard L. Hayes, Ph.D., RAIC, AIA, Managing Director, AIA Knowledge Resources; Brenda Henderson, Hon. AIA, Managing Director, AIA Component Relations;Christine M. 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Pollock, AIA*Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/SANAAA cluster of abstract white boxes rise from a massive glass circle.98 Scottish Parliament, Scotland by David Cohn*Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue/EMBT and RMJMWith a big price, big delays, and big ambition, the Parliament arrives.112 Art Center College of Design, California by Joseph Giovannini*Daly GenikAircraft-testing wind tunnel gets a second life as educational facility.116 Hangil Book House, South Korea by Clifford A. Pearson*SHoP Architects + Architecture HimmaNorth of Seoul, the Heyri Art Valley spawns a bookshop.On the Cover: Scottish Parliament, by EMBT and RMJM. Photograph by Duccio MalagambaRight: 21st Century Museum, by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA. Photograph by Hiro Sakaguchi 02.2005Building Types Study 842123 Introduction: Retail by Sara Hart124 Prada, California by Joseph Giovannini*Office for Metropolitan Architecture OMA-AMO132 Barneys New York, Japan by Raul A. Barreneche*Jeffrey Hutchison & Associates136 Fornarina, Nevada by Suzanne Stephens*Giorgio Borruso DesignFor additional retail projects, go to Building Types Study at architecturalrecord.com.Architectural Technology143 The Art and Science of Peace and Quiet by Sara Hart*Pursuing noise control, architects and engineers search high and low.152 Tech Briefs by John Pastier*Interiors187 Introduction188 Family Room, J. Paul Getty Museum by Allison MilionisPredock_Frane Architects194 RenSt Loft by Linda HallamHerbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture198 Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh by Jennifer LucchinoEDGE studio205 Belgium Design Show Interiors Products by Josephine MinutilloProducts209 Acoustics213 Product Briefs220 Product Literature224 Reader Service* 224 AIA/CES Self-Report Form*The AIA/ARCHITECTURAL RECORDContinuing-Education Opportunity is The Art and Science of Peace and Quiet (page 143).* You can find these stories at www.architecturalrecord.com, including expanded coverage of Projects, Building Types Studies, and Web-only special features.TLFeBOOKVisit us atarchrecord.construction.comDaily HeadlinesGet the latest scoop from the world of architecture.Sponsored by Sponsored by February 2005Photography: Benny Chan/FotoworksBuilding Types StudiesIn the competitive world of luxury apparel and accessories,shop designers seek an identity that transcends brand recog-nition and elevates experience. 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For samples visit www.invisioncarpet.com or call 800.241.4586.CIRCLE 9 ON READER SERVICE CARD OR GOTO ARCHRECORD.CONSTRUCTION.COM/PRODUCTS/TLFeBOOK02.05 Architectural Record 17PHOTOGRAPHY: ANDR SOUROUJONNature continues to confound us. The undersea earthquake of December26, 2004, shook the globe at force 9, triggering waves that slapped thecivilizedworldintosubmission. Whenthewatershadreceded, morethan 200,000 persons lay dead and millions throughout 11 countries wanderedtraumatized and homeless. Entire communities were reduced to soggy ruins orhad been washed from the planet; disease lurked in the aftermath. What couldwe, as architects, do when confronted by this epic disaster?While it may be difficult advice, architects should not rush to action.ThatisthemessagefromDavidDowney, themanagingdirectorof theAIAsCenter for Communities by Design, when besieged by questions from architectswho want to help. The majority of people who go might nd that they are in theway, he asserts. Instead, he advises design professionals to channel our compas-sion into contributions to established organizations already in the eld, savingour planning and rebuilding skills for a later day.Other expert sources reect his perspective, cognizant that disasters,regardlessof scale, followapatternthatincludesthreepredictablephasesemergency, relief, and recovery. We have only emerged from the emergency itself,as the last survivors have been miraculously plucked from the sea or led to shelter.Relief is pouring in by the millions of dollars, providing water, sanitation, food,vaccinations, and basic household needs (like cooking equipment). The list ofexperiencedagenciesislong, includingtheRedCross/RedCrescent, OxfamAmerica, Unicef, Care, and the World Bank.Of distinctinteresttoarchitects, certainorganizationsspecializeinsheltertwoinparticular:HabitatforHumanityandArchitectureforHumanity. Habitat, which has long attracted architects interest and activism,hasmaintainedapresenceinsouthern Asiafordecades, andwilldrawonitsexperience as the largest homebuilder in Sri Lanka outside of the government.Habitat intends to build 20,000 core houses there, freeing 100,000 persons fromrelief camps. Habitats ambitious plans throughout the affected countries includebuilding a variety of small, permanent structures. In India, single-room houseswill incorporate small, covered outdoor living areas that can be converted intoenclosed space as time and money allow. Where Habitat lacks a permanent pres-ence, partnerships with other organizations are already producing houses.Architecture for Humanity, an admirable organization currently part-nering with a Web site called worldworks, maintains a much smaller operation.Its immediate intention is to focus on a single affected community in Sri Lankacalled Kirinda. Other plans include potential rebuilding of school structures inEditorialTsunamiBy Robert Ivy, FAIAAR was the proud recipient of a National Magazine Award for General Excellence, 2003Indonesias Aceh province, where 160,000 students lack facilities.Already, images in the media have prompted an unprecedented out-pouring of help. Although immediate relief is called for, most authorities cautionthat, without forethought, temporary solutions to the most urgent problems caneasily become permanent ones: Ships containers, pressed into service as housing,can remain, rust, and accumulate into shantytowns. Towns that move to highergroundmayencounterequallyvexingnaturalproblems, suchasmonsoon-provoked mud slides, or social and economic challenges confronting a populationthat has lost all traditional sources of familial support and income. Such wrench-ing human need will not fade quietly away; the aftershocks of loss will continueto ripple for at least a decade.Sofar, engineershavebeenrecruitedtobegintheworkof assessinginfrastructurethe roads, bridges, ports, and water supplies. During the comingmonthsandyears, architectsandplannerscanofferthefollowinghelptothestricken region: in the near term, damage assessment to structures; for the longterm, planning at a variety of scales, from the individual structure to the city.Closer to home, we can recognize that tsunamis, while daunting anddestructive, have struck before, and plan accordingly.Askresidentsof Hilo, Hawaii, atownthatlost61residentstoatsunami in 1960. The continental U.S. coastline has felt a tsunamis power inOregon, where recent scholarship suggests that a cataclysmic earthquake in theyear1700projectedwavesasfarasJapan. Forthiscontinent, aswellasforSumatra or the Andaman Islands, waterfront planning principles and buildingcodes all come into play, and architects should be involved in both.Compassionisanaturalgift, andbychannelingourstrongdesiretoreconstitute the torn physical and social fabric, architects have a role to play inmitigatingdisaster. Ratherthanpurchasingaplaneticket, wesuggesttravelingelectronically: arming ourselves with information before planning our next steps.For today, we can open our hearts, our wallets, and our minds, if not our passports.Visit www.construction.com/NewsCenter/Tsunami/, our Web site forrelated stories and links.TLFeBOOKItalian works of Art around the World.There are many works of art by Italians that are not found in museums.Since the dawn of civilization,Italians have created and exported some of their most lasting works of art in Natural Stone:statues,mosaics,floors,balustrades,columns,countertops,stairsandfacadesfoundinbuildingsaroundtheworld.PIETRA NATURALE is recognized as the highest quality of Italian Craftsmanship and stone pro-cessingtechnology.LookforourPIETRANATURALEtrademarkasyourassuranceofanItalianworkof art in Natural Stone the perfect encounter between man and nature.www. pi et ranat ural e. comCIRCLE 10 ON READER SERVICE CARD OR GO TO ARCHRECORD.CONSTRUCTION.COM/PRODUCTS/TLFeBOOKLettersDEPARTMENTS Modern traditionsThe December issue of RECORD isquite a bonanza. The projectsshown, from the Aga Khan Awardsto a global survey of young firms to detailed technological reportsfrom the universities, illustrate thebreadth of professional activity.Enjoying this strong presenta-tion of the new and spectacular, Iparticularly appreciated your com-ments on Taniguchis work at MoMA[Editorial, page 17]. Isnt it interest-ing that he could use Modernism to engage in such a sophisticateddialogue with existing buildings andtraditions? Since Modernism is sup-posed to be the enemy of contextand the urban environment, it isedifying to see how a skilled artistuses its vocabulary to reveal ratherthan reject the city.Balancing this refined, respect-ful urban solution with pages ofindividualistic zoots and zaps affirmsthe full range of architectures currentpower. Of course we need the new,but to advance the built environmentwe have to appreciate architecturesorigins and understand how to relateits past accomplishments to contem-porary need. In cities, we build upona great legacy, and to ignore it dimin-ishes our contribution to the whole.So let future cities enjoystreets filled with all manner offaceted, spiral crystalline exten-sions and tectonic shifts, but letthese new creations not obscurethe crucial architectural dialoguebetween generations.Hugh Hardy, FAIAH3 Hardy Collaboration ArchitectureNew York CityMeasured wordsI thought that your coverage of thenewly reopened Museum of ModernArt and its architect, Yoshio Taniguchi,was superb [January 2005, page95]. While I might have disagree-ments with some of the points made,I found the article very balancedand thoughtful. As both SuzanneStephens and Robert Ivy are wellacquainted with the institution, theircomments went well beyond formalanalysis, giving your readersmyselfincludeda more nuanced and more informative take on the build-ing, the collection, and the institutionthan has been printed elsewhere.Terence RileyThe Philip Johnson Chief Curator,Architecture and DesignThe Museum of Modern ArtNew York CityA garden gone to seedIt is possible to cavil in some fashionabout any good architectural ef fort,and there is much to admire in thelatest iteration of the Museum ofModern Art [January 2005, page95]. It is its interior restraint anddeference to the art which is par-ticularly admirable in this age ofarchitectural muscle flexing.However, even here there seems to be one significant problem.I, personally, will never forgivethe virtual total destruction of oneof the most beautiful gardens any-where. In place of a Zen-like oasisfrom urban cacophony, of greatvisual variation and beauty in theintimate interplay of water, sculp-ture, and trees, we now have onemore urban plaza, one that is over-hung by two hulking hoods thatLet our new series ofrecessed architecturalproducts light the way.Their compact designblends into virtually anyinstallation.Each faceplateis machined from solidcopper-free aluminum,brass, or stainless steel billetto provide decades ofperformance under tough,outdoor conditions.Twohousing styles allow forinstallation in newconstruction or retrofitprojects.Featuring precision-milled,louver designs available inround or rectangularpatterns, with 0 or 30degree cutoff angles todirect light precisely whereyou need it.Even thelamp adjusts behind thefaceplate to optimize itsdistribution to yourrequirements.Choosefrom round, square orrectangular faceplates inmore than 200 finishes.559.438.5800 www.bklighting.comGive your light new direction.CIRCLE 11 ON READER SERVICE CARD OR GOTO ARCHRECORD.CONSTRUCTION.COM/PRODUCTS/TLFeBOOKlook like architectural versions of anuns habit and add, with theirshadows, to a gloom that overliesand enervates the character of thegarden. The meager ef forts at achange of level do nothing to con-tain or define the original precinctsof the garden, which gave it muchof its intimacy.The visually flimsy lid over thefirst floor of the south wall is theicing on the cake. Instead of lettingthe three-step waterfall of the cur-tain wall come gracefully to grounduninterrupted, this irrelevancy inter-feres with and complicates a goodand simple gesture that otherwisewould have been in keeping with therestraint of the interior.Perhaps it is the generallyhigh quality of the rest that makesthese things more of fensive thanthey might otherwise have been.Allen Trousdale, AIAvia e-mailThanks for the memoriesI was delighted to see UlrichFranzens home celebrating 50years of Record Houses [January2005, page 255]. It brought backmany memories.My first summer job was withRick. Sixteen years later, Ezra Stollerphotographed my house and itbecame a Record House of 1972. I was still Ricks associate at thetime. Then Barbara Anderson, AIA(my partner in more ways than one),and I started our own practice.Our house was also a veryMinimalist solution (I called it theback-of-the-truck-and-local-lumber-yard aesthetic). Most important, it haswonderful spaces, light, and views toits surrounding unusual Adirondacklandscape in Rye, New York.Allan Anderson, AIAAnderson LaRocca AndersonHaynes ArchitectsRye, N.Y.CorrectionsIn the review of Jazz at LincolnCenter [January 2005, page 146],the photo of David RockwellsErtegun Jazz Hall of Fame was miscreditedit should be creditedto Michael Moran/Rockwell Group.The news article on Louis KahnsYale Center For British Art winningthe AIA 25 Year Award [January2005, page 26] incorrectly statedthat James Williamson, AIA, andLouis Pounders, FAIA, were on the1978 jury that handed out thebuildings AIA Honor Award. In fact, the two nominated the projecton behalf of the Committee onDesign for the 25 Year Award in2004, not the original award in1978. Gladnick Wright Salamedawas the civil engineer forSwarthmore Colleges UnifiedScience Center [December 2004,page 198], not the landscapearchitect. Two photographs ofBrandeis Universitys ShapiroCampus Center [December 2004,page 178] should have been credited to John Edward Linden.Januarys criticism of the Museumof Modern Art [page 95] inadver-tently omitted the fourth-floor plan.The cost for Millennium Parks Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago[January 2005, page 136] wasmisquoted in the articles sidebarit should have been cited as $60.3 million. A project by theVanguard firm Plasma Studio[December 2004, page 175] was mislabled: The images are ofHotel Puerta America in Madrid,not of UrbaNite in London.Photographs of the UniversityHealth Network/The TorontoHospital New Clinical ServicesBuilding in November 2004sBusiness Week/ArchitecturalRecord Awards coverage [page 142] were miscredited. 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DenariArchitectsPaul & Lulu Hilliard UniversityArt Museum, Lafayette, Louisiana:Eskew+Dumez +RipplePavilion in the Sky, London,England: Peter Marino+AssociatesArchitectsHonor Awards in Regionaland Urban DesignAnacostia Waterfront InitiativeFramework Plan, Washington,D.C.: Chan Krieger & AssociatesBattery Park CityStreetscapes, New York, NewYork: Rogers Marvel ArchitectsCadys Alley, Washington, D.C.:Sorg & Associates City of Santa Cruz AccessoryDwelling Unit Program, SantaCruz, California: RACESTUDIOChongming Island Master Plan,Shanghai, China: Skidmore, Owings& MerrillJackson Meadow, Marine onSt. Croix, St. Croix, Minnesota:Salmela Architect & Coen+Partners North Allston StrategicFramework for Planning, Boston,Massachusetts: Goody, Clancy &AssociatesNortheastern University WestCampus Master Plan, Boston,Massachusetts: William RawnAssociates, ArchitectsRamsey Town Center, Ramsey,Minnesota: Elness SwensonGraham ArchitectsRiparian Meadows, Mounds &Rooms: Urban Greenway,Warren, Arkansas: University ofArkansas Community Design Center Northeastern University WestCampus Master Plan, Boston,Massachusetts: William RawnAssociates, ArchitectsWest Harlem Waterfront Park,New York City: WArchitecture &Landscape ArchitectureS.L. The American Institute of Architectson January 7 announced the winnersof the 2005 AIA Honor Awards, theprofessions highest recognition ofexcellence. Selected from more than650 submissions, the 35 winners willbe honored in May at the AIA 2005National Convention in Las Vegas.Honor Awards in ArchitectureAgosta House, San Juan Island,Washington: Patkau ArchitectsConservatory of Flowers, SanFrancisco, California: ArchitecturalResource GroupContemporaine at 516 NorthWells, Chicago, Illinois: Perkins + Will Emerson Sauna, Duluth,Minnesota: Salmela ArchitectGanett/USA TodayHeadquarters, Mclean, Virginia:Kohn Pedersen Fox AssociatesUniversity of Michigan HillAuditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan:Quinn Evans ArchitectsHoly Rosary Catholic ChurchComplex, St. Amant, Louisiana:Trahan Architects Jubilee Church, Rome, Italy:Richard Meier & Partners ArchitectsMill City Museum, Minneapolis,Minnesota: Meyer, Scherer &RockcastleMountain Tree House, Dillard,Georgia: Mack Scogin Merrill ElamArchitectsSeattle Central Library, Seattle,Washington: OMA/LMNShaw House; Vancouver, Canada:Patkau ArchitectsSomis Hay Barn, Somis,California: SPF:aHonor Awards in InteriorsAckerman International,London, England: Elliott +Associates Boys Club of Sioux City, SiouxHighlightsp. 25New design for Pariss Les Hallesp. 26Tsunami reconstruction updatep. 28Barnes Foundation to relocatep. 34 Harvards new campus moving forward02.05 Architectural Record 23Perkins+WillsContemporaine (left);Eskew+Dumex+Ripples Paul & LuluHilliard University ArtMuseum (top);Meiers JubileeChurch (bottom). 2005 AIAHonor Awards TLFeBOOKTLFeBOOKIMAGES: COURTESYSEURAARCHITECTESRecordNews soulless and concrete surroundings that existedon the site. Problems with Les Halles have includeddifficult pedestrian access and circulation patterns;the absence of natural light in underground spaces;and a sense of disconnection between street levelspaces, the underground complex, and the park. At the moment, Les Halles is a quarter thatis avoided, especially at night, says Mangin, whowants it to become a more attractive place forleisure, like the Tuileries or the nearby PompidouCenter. We have to learn some lessons, saysMangin, which means not finding ourselves inthe same situation in 30 years. In terms of form,materials, and usage, the project must last.Mangin further proposes to open up the stationand to light it naturally, in such a way as to allowthe hundreds of thousands of daily users to findtheir way, to know where they are, and to find arequisite minimum of hospitality.Seuras scheme, many have noted, was the most conservative of the finalists designs.Nouvels entry included several acres of woodlandand elevated parks. Winy Maas placed a 115-foot-high hall at the heart of his project, with coloredglass decks allowing natural light to filter intounderground spaces. Koolhaass project includedtapering towers of multicolored glass that pro-jected up through the ground. Still, Paul Chemetov,architect of the Forum des Halles shopping centerextension, calls the winning plan, which involvesthe least disruption to the urban fabric, not theleast conservative, but the least destructive. Theprovisional start date for construction is 2006, andcompletion is set for 2012.Robert SuchThe French firm Seura, headed by architect David Mangin, has been selected to redesign the much-maligned Les Halles quarter in Paris.Seura defeated three other notable firmsAJN(Architectures Jean Nouvel), MVRDV (Winy Maas),and OMA (Rem Koolhaas)in the final stage ofan international competition that was launched in March 2003. Seura's design will see the com-plete redevelopment of the area of pedestrianizedstreets, a park, an underground shopping andleisure complex, and an underground transport hub. The $267 million plan includes a 72-foot-wide avenue cutting through the rectangular Les Halles site, dividing a wide grassy area onone side and seating areas and pathways onthe other. The path will connect the domed Boursedu Commerce (commodities exchange) and aredesigned Forum des Halles, a sunken shopping,cinema, and theater complex. A 26-foot-high flatglass canopy, measuring 476 feet by 476 feet, willcover the underground shopping levels and sub-way interchange. (A separate competition is to belaunched for the design of this canopy.)Seuras redevelopment plan calls for bulldoz-ing the existing glass, steel, and concrete buildings,built by Claude Vasconi and Georges Penreach inthe 1970s on the site of the old Les Halles flower,meat, and vegetable market. In the late 1960s,the market was relocated to a Parisian suburb, andthe 19th-century glass-and-cast-iron pavilionswere demolished. In 2001, Paris Mayor BertrandDelano announced his wish to find a project that improves the living conditions of thousandsof inhabitants [of Les Halles] and replaces theSeuras plan includes a simple garden at groundlevel (left and below), and a sophisticated and naturally lit shopping area underground (bottom).Long-awaited redesignunveiled for Pariss Les Halles TLFeBOOKPHOTOGRAPHY: AP PHOTO/M. LAKSHMANDecembers tsunami in Southeast Asia, said tohave killed more than 200,000, has also leftupward of a million people homeless, presentingan almost unprecedented rebuilding challenge.Disaster-affected buildings range from slum housesto civic structures to architectural treasures. Whilecountries are providing substantialmonetary aid (the U.S. has pledgedmore than $350 million) andrebuilding resources (particularlythrough military units like the U.S.Navys Seabees and aid agencieslike USAID), and organizations suchas the Red Cross and the U.N. areproviding emergency assistance, anumber of design and constructionorganizations, including those listedbelow, are of fering construction aidand expertise.Architecture for Humanity AFH, which organizes architecturalservices for humanitarian crises (with local NGOs),is developing long-term housing designs that,according to AFO chairman Cameron Sinclair, willbe highly sustainable and intelligently planned.Possible strategies include using local materials likethatch, straw-bale, stone, and even recycled ship-ping containers. Without architects, Sinclair says,emergency housing often takes the form of tempo-rary refugee camps that turn into poorly planned,unsanitary, and wasteful permanent housing.Shelter for Life The humanitarian relief organization is aiming toassist some 50,000 people with water, sanitation,RecordNews and safe, functional temporary shelters.Habitat for Humanity The organization couldhouse up to 25,000 families in a first phase oftransitional housing as it works to provide perma-nent housing. Ground breaking on the homescould occur as early as January.American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE is working with engineers worldwide tocoordinate a response, including producing alibrary of journal articles related to response andmitigation, and organizing technical assistance. Global Village Shelters Produces temporary shelters for emergency situ-ations from a treated corrugated laminate that iswaterproof and infused with a fire retardant.Others involved with the effort include the American Institute of Architects, ReliefInternational, and the World Economic ForumDisaster Resource Network.Sam LubellOfficials with world heritage groups are beginning to take stock of cultural sites in Southeast Asia dam-aged or destroyed by Decembers tsunami. The World Monuments Fund (WMF), which provides financialassistancetopreserveculturalsites,confirmsthatwhileseveralimportantculturalsitescouldbedestroyed (see list below), not all the news is bad. Among the undamaged WMF projects is Omo Hada,an 18th-century colonial house on the Indonesian island of Nias. A WMF site in Malacca, Malaysia, isalsoundamaged,anditappearstheSunTempleofKoranak,a13th-centurytempleontheBayofBengal in India, sustained only minor damage. Still, the following sites, according to UNESCO (UnitedNations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) and other agencies, are damaged or at risk:The Old Town of Galle and its fortications in Sri Lanka has been flooded, and reports indi-cate significant damage to underwater heritage in the ancient harbor. TheUjungKulonNationalPark and the Tropical Rainforest of Sumatra, both in Indonesia, have reported damaged conser-vation structures. Forty-threeBuddhisttemples in the southern province of Sri Lanka are dam-aged.A 14th-centuryMasilamaninatharshoretemple inTamilNadu,India,ishighlydamaged.Vernacular architecture of the Mogen Sea people in the Surin Islands was lost.James MurdockHeritage groups inventory tsunamis effect on cultural sitesA village destroyed in India represents the rebuilding challenge.Rebuilding begins after Asian tsunamiOnly Coverings offers an unbelievableshowcase of the worlds finest materials plus the technical educationto fuel design inspiration.Come shop the largest tile and stone showroom in the Americas. Attending Coverings is the fastest,most productive way to see the latest trends and source the styles thatwill thrill your customers.Dont miss this opportunity to attend the Ultimate Tile & StoneExperience. Register online atwww.coverings.com today!ULTIMATETILE STONETHEEXPERIENCEThe presentation and look of Coverings far exceeds anything Ive ever seen at previous shows. The show is fresh, new and fantastic.Don HalvorsonForensic Tile Consultants, San Diego, CAWWW.COVERINGS.COMCIRCLE 15 ON READER SERVICE CARD OR GOTO ARCHRECORD.CONSTRUCTION.COM/PRODUCTS/TLFeBOOKCIRCLE 16 ON READER SERVICE CARD OR GOTO ARCHRECORD.CONSTRUCTION.COM/PRODUCTS/TLFeBOOKPHOTOGRAPHY: COURTESYTHE BARNES FOUNDATION (TOP); ROBERTA.M. STERN ARCHITECTS (BOTTOM)The City of Philadelphias grand cultural thorough-fare, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, is now poisedto become a globally significant concentration ofcultural treasures. On December 13, a suburbanPhiladelphia court judge ruled in favor of the subur-ban-based Barnes Foundations two-year effort tochange its charter (not founder Dr. Albert Barnesswill) and relocate its cash-strapped institution fromits 79-year, Paul Cretdesignedhome in Merion, Pennsylvania, toa new facility on the parkway. The relocation involvesmoving the institutions famedmultibillion-dollar collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings andartworks (half the collection hasnot been publicly viewed in over50 years). The move is backed bysupport from 30 donors, primarilythe Philadelphia-based AnnenbergFoundation, Lenfest Foundation,and Pew Charitable Trusts, totalingan estimated $150 million.Museum of ficials say the move will help theBarnes better realize the purpose Dr. Barnesenvisioned: to advance education through artappreciation, and to provide nondiscriminatoryaccess to art and education. (Among otherrestrictions, Merion of ficials limited the Barnessannual attendance to 62,000.) Many see themove as an opportunity to transform the city.RecordNews Opponents include a team of three Barnes stu-dents and their lawyer, who attempted to stopthe move based on what they interpreted as aviolation of Dr. Barness wishes. Other critics ofthe charter change include several arts writers,who argue that the ruling will negatively impactthe future of donor bequests. They also accusethe city and its leadership of attempting to makethe parkway into a tourist trap. In response to the ruling, onDecember 14 Philadelphia MayorJohn Street announced that thecity will raze a juvenile detentioncenterthe parkways eye-soreand give the site to theBarnes. The site is flanked byPaul Crets Rodin Museum andthe Free Library of Philadelphia,which Moshe Safdie is renovat-ing and expanding. Other newparkway neighbors includeRichard Gluckmans renovationand expansion of the PhiladelphiaMuseum of Arts new operations, library, andgallery complex and Tadao Andos plannedCalder Museum. Director Kimberly Camp saysthe Barness new building will maintain the lay-out of its present home, including the spatialrelationships and the institutions signaturearrangement of artwork. An architect has not yetbeen selected, nor has a plan been developed.Joseph Dennis Kelly IIFour years after its original public announcement,Robert Sterns two-building of fice complex fordowntown Philadelphiadubbed PennsylvaniaPlazais finally beginning construction. The proj-ect was able to move forward thanks to a $30million state grant approved last month.Up first is the 57-story, $465 million glasstower known as the Comcast Center, headquar-ters for the Philadelphia telecommunicationsSterns Philadelphia tower finally moving forward giant. Once completed, in 2007, the center willrise 975 feet, looming above Philadelphias cur-rent tallest building by more than 30 feet andforging a new icon onto the citys skyline.Sterns design team has created an unem-bellished geometric form with a rectangular glassbox at its top, which Stern describes as a clearobelisk legible on all four sides. Other highlightsinclude a mammoth structural core, extendingfrom the interior and seemingly rising out of itsskin, and a 110-foot-high winter garden at itsbase. Green elements include 13-foot floor-to-ceiling heights channeling daylight through theinterior, and improved quality of air and air-flowsystems. Construction of the second building, an18-story office structure, will commence at a laterdate. Sterns office is also designing a residentialtower on the citys Rittenhouse Square.J.D.K.Barnes Foundation interior.The citys skyline will have a new height champion.In Philadelphia, a hidden gem will soon assume the spotlightTLFeBOOKSCHOTTNorthAmerica,Inc. The sun goes down. The lights go on. The view is still magnificent. Because the anti-reflective glass used in storefronts,sports stadiums and museums around the world is now available for your residential projects. Amiran anti-reflectiveglass reduces glare in insulated glass to as little as 2% even at night. 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Amiran is a registered trademark of Schott Glas, Mainz, Germany.CIRCLE 17 ON READER SERVICE CARD OR GO TO ARCHRECORD.CONSTRUCTION.COM/PRODUCTS/TLFeBOOKPHOTOGRAPHY: COURTESYDBOX/LMDC (TOP); EDWARD MASSERY(BOTTOM)In what has become a familiar ritual, the LowerManhattan Development Corporation unveiled itslatest plans for Ground Zero in December, withmore clearly articulated schematics for the WorldTrade Center Memorial. The plans were shared bymemorial architect Michael Arad, now a partner atNew Yorkbased Handel Architects, joined by adesign team that includes landscape architect PeterWalker, and associate architect Max Bond. Arads original design includes two huge voidsstanding on the footprints of the Twin Towers, withwater cascading down them into reflecting pools.Updated elements include Memorial Hall, a spacebetween the pools for visitors to sit and reflect, and a gathering place that provides a directory withthe names of those lost. The new designs alsoinclude clearer plans for using the remnants of theTrade Center as part of the memorial. At bedrock,exposed box-beam remnants, which lined theoriginal towers bases, can be seen and touched byvisitors, while large portions of the towers exposedslurry wall will remain intact, visible either fromRecordNews ramps leading downfrom the street level orat the bedrock level.The schematicsalso update the land-scaped civic plaza ofthe memorial at streetlevel, with plans for acanopy of hundreds ofoak trees forming amemorial grove, ran-domly arranged in onedirection (for naturalef fect) and in orderlyalignment from theother direction, creatingwhat Walker said wouldbe colonnades verymuch like a cathedral. We have refined the design and reinforced itsintent, says Arad, who won the commission justover a year ago over 5,201 submittants. S.L.Trade Center Memorial plans updatedSince the two symmetrical fiberglass walls of StatenIslands September 11 memorial were fabricated off-site by a Rhode Island shipbuilder, their installationseemed almost magical to some of the families ofthe victims that the memorial honors.AsLapshanFong,oneoftheprojectstwoarchitects,recounts,When a lot of people parked theircars at the ferry to get to work, thesite was still empty, but when theygot back, the two walls were there.The memorial comprises twogently curved postcards that sit onthe Staten Island waterfront andcontrol views toward the site of the World TradeCenter. More than 100 plaques on the walls containwater-jet-cut portraits of the victims.Masa Sono, the projects original designer,says that the memorial has beenwell received, noting families haveleft colorful candles and presents atits base, adding color to the whitewalls. I ran into a family, and theythanked us, he says. They saidthat since they dont have a gravefor their deceased son, and donthave his remains, the memorial isreally his grave.Kevin LernerA memorial is completed in Staten IslandThe folded postcards.A rendering of theexposed slurry wall. New York City Audubon Society warns that if designed incorrectly, the planned wind turbines on the upperportions of SOMs proposed Freedom Tower could suck birds in, making the turbines one of several possi-bly fatal (for winged creatures) design elements of the building. N.Y.C. Audubons executive director E.J.McAdams adds that the buildings copious night lighting could attract and even trap birds around thebuilding, while landscape features too far from the glass facade could cause birds (who cant distinguishreflections) to fly into it at full speed. McAdams, who is trying to raise awareness of environmental factorsin building, recommends turning lights out after midnight, using fritted facade glass, and landscapingcloser to the facade. Until he sees the turbines designs, he adds, he cant rate their safety.S.L.Problems soaring for Freedom Tower? 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KRUCKEMEYER (MIDDLE); SOM (BOTTOM)Millau Viaduct, Millau, FranceFoster and Partners $412 million newMillau Viaduct stretching across the TarnGorge in southern France opened onDecember 17, 2004. With the highest eleva-tion road deck in the world (375 yards), andat 1.6 miles long, it connects the motorwayfrom Paris to Barcelona, relieving a notori-ous road bottleneck through the old town ofMillau at the bottom of the gorge. Foster and Partners were selected by theFrench Ministry of Transport after a competitionin 1994, and designed the viaduct with MichelVirlogeux, who proposed the basic engineeringscheme. Their objective was to ensure that thestructures huge proportions would be elegant andharmonize with the dramatic landscape setting.The viaduct is multispan and cable-stayed,characterized by economy in use of material. Thedeck is suspended from seven evenly spacedconcrete piers by cable-stayfans, giving it a delicateappearance and elegant silhouette. Its road deck issteel, allowing the number of stay cables to be reduced,with a gentle plan curve.Slender piers ending belowthe deck have evolving geo-metrical profiles, giving aneye-of-the-needle ef fect.Lucy BullivantIbirapeura Concert Hall, So Paulo,Brazil When Oscar Niemeyer was a mere 47, he and a fellow Brazilian, landscape architectRoberto Burle Marx, collaborated on the design ofIbirapeura Park to commemorate the city of SoPaulos 400th anniversary. Today, the city is 450years old, and Niemeyer, at 97, has completedthe final building in the park, an 840 seat concerthall. Best described as a white wedge with anRecordNews undulating red tongue, the decision to build itcreated a legal and public battle between envi-ronmentalists and cultural advocates, includingNiemeyernot about the form, but about thesurrounding trees. Niemeyer lives and works in Rio de Janeiro,in sight of Copacabana beach. He shows upevery day by 10 A.M. at his miniscule, book-filledstudio where he continues to turn out work. TheCuritiba (Brazil) Museum was completed in 2002and the Contemporary ArtMuseum, hovering like a1950s spacecraft on a clif fin Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro,was completed in 1996.Barbara KnechtRenaissance Center,Detroit, Michigan With its dedication in earlyJanuary of a new publicentrance and lobby, General Motors has com-pleted its eight-year, $500 million renovation ofDetroits Renaissance Center. Opened in 1977from a design by John Portman of Atlanta, theRenCen is Detroits postcard image, consisting offour 39-story of fice towers surrounding a central,73-story hotel. Although designed to rejuvenatethe citys deteriorating downtown, the RenCeninstead became the focus of criticism for its per-ceived design flaws, including huge mechanicalberms that walled of f the structure from the restof downtown, and the failure to address evenminimally the Detroit River waterfront that bor-ders the site.After buying RenCen in 1996 for its worldheadquarters, GM worked with Skidmore, Owings& Merrill to remove the berms, build a wintergar-den and plaza on the waterfront side, install aninternal circulation ring to aid wayfinding in theRenCens notoriously labyrinthine corridors, andcreate the new glass-and-steel public entrancefacing downtown.John GallagherOpened This Winter Fosters Millau Viaduct soars above the clouds. The Renaissance Center in Detroit.Niemeyers concert hall. 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MadridMayor Alberto Ruiz Gallardn expressed his hopeto open the memorial on the first anniversary of theattack, but stressed that more important is thatit fully represent the spirit of transcendence we allhope to achieve with this homage.David CohnHowdoyoumeldanIvyLeaguecampusandadiverse,working-classneighborhood? AsHarvardUniversitystepsuppreparationsforahugeexpansionontheothersideoftheCharlesRiverinAllston, Massachusetts, the city of Boston recently released its own tentative plan for the area.The Cambridge, Massachusettsbased university owns almost 350 acres of North Allston, where itscurrent presence includes its Graduate School of Business, athletics complex, and service buildings. Thissummer, Harvard hired NewYork firm Cooper, Robertson to produce a frameworkstill in progressforits future plans, regulating building heights, density, and building types, which include housing, class-rooms, and lab facilities. Cooper, Robertson recently tapped Frank Gehry, FAIA, and landscape architectLori Olin to contribute. Meanwhile, the Boston Redevelopment Authority in December released its prelim-inary strategic framework for the area, prepared by Boston firm Goody, Clancy & Associates, with helpfrom Harvard and neighborhood groups. City plans (sketch,left), which are intended to guide Harvard, include low build-ingheights,highdensity,andpreservationofone-to-three-familyhousesandofriverviewsandopenspace.Neighborhoodgroupshavepressedforabalancebetweenuniversity and neighborhood needs, and for accessibility tothedevelopmentsforlocals.Inresponse,thecitysplanspressforaffordablehousing,jobtraining,andeconomicassistance for Allston workers and businesses. RobertVanMeter,executivedirectoroftheAllstonBrightonCommunityDevelopmentCorporation,hopes(withsometrepidation)thatHarvardwillbeasensitive partner, not a disrupter of the community. It sticks in the craw of some people in the areathat, to some extent, [Harvard officials] present Allston to outside groups as an industrial wasteland,and Harvards going to remake it, he says. Certainly, there are unsightly industrial parcels, but its alsoahealthyresidentialcommunity.HarvardsNewsOfficedirectorJoeWrinnrepliesthatHarvardisworking with the city administration and neighbors to arrive at a common good. Ted Smalley BowenHarvards expansion will be a careful balancing actA competition to build a memorial to the victims ofthe commuter train bombings in Madrid last March11 has been won by a group of young local archi-tects, who propose to build a free-form glass cupolabeside the Atocha Railroad Station, where two ofthe trains exploded. The group, known as the FAMStudio and composed of architects Esa Acosta,Raquel Buj, Pedro Coln de Carvajal, Mauro Gil-Fournier, and Miguel Jaenicke, all age 26, won theinternational competition of ideas over 289 entriesand 22 finalists. The competition was sponsoredby the Spanish State and the City of Madrid. The cupola will stand nearly 40 feet high andwill be engraved with many of the handwrittentestimonials that mourners left at the station inthe weeks following the attack. At the request ofSpains Association of Victims of Terrorism, thedesigners will also engrave the names of the 192people killed in the blasts. The engravings arearranged so as to be illuminated sequentially bythe course of the sun through the day and theseasons, and will be lit from within at night.The memorial will sit beside the Atocha Station. AT NBMNATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUMlecturesnational building museum401 F Street NWWashington, DC 20001202.272.2448www.NBM.orgFor more information and to registerfor programs, call or visit our website.Discounts for members and students.February 1CharlesGwathmey, FAIACo-founder ofGwathmey SiegelArchitects, New YorkFebruary 7TopographicalStoriesDavid Leatherbarrow, professor andchairman of the graduate group inarchitecture, University of PennsylvaniaFebruary 16The Woodrow Wilson BridgeAlex Lee, AICP, Potomac CrossingConsultantsFebruary 25Polshek Partnership ArchitectsPartners Joseph Fleischer, TimothyHartung, Duncan Hazard, RichardOlcott, James Polshek, Susan Rodriguezand Todd Schliemann, New YorkOPEN: newdesigns for public spacethrough May 15, 2005Liquid Stone: New Architecturein Concretethrough April 17, 2005Washington: Symbol and Citylong-term exhibitionCASAVECCHIA, PRIVATERESIDENCE. PHOTOSCOTTFRANCISMORIARTMUSEUM, TOKYO. 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His retirementleaves in question who will replace him at thehelm of one of the most important building insti-tutions in the country.Feiner, who first joined the GSA in 1981 andbecame its top architect in 1996, was highly influ-ential in establishing and then heading the GSAsDesign Excellence Program, developed in 1993.The program helped streamline and improve thearchitectural selection process for federal build-ings, facilitating application and improving juryparticipation. By the end of Feiners tenure, theprogram had hired more than 500 top designers,such as Cesar Pelli, FAIA, Thom Mayne, AIA,Richard Meier, FAIA, Charles Gwathmey, FAIA,RecordNews David Childs, FAIA, Lake/Flato, Carol Ross Barney,FAIA, and Michael Graves, FAIA. On January 10, just days after his resignation,Feiner announced he would join Skidmore, Owings& Merrill as the firms Washington, D.C., director ofoffice operations, working in design, marketing,and management. I felt comfortable that GSA wasin good hands, and after years of judging projects,I wanted to finally be part of a design team, saysFeiner of his decision. SOM has a reputation fordesign quality, and workingwith them will give me a newchance to affect public qual-ity of life, he adds. MarilynFarley, director of DesignExcellence, is also retiring.No permanent replace-ments have been named for Farley or Feiner, butGSAs Leslie Shepherd andThomas Grooms will serveas acting chief architect and Design Excellencedirector, respectively. While Feiner maintains thatthe Design Excellence Program is in good hands,the departure of such a dynamic and ef fectiveleader, many maintain, leaves GSA in flux. Ed was very special, says Hugh Hardy, FAIA,who has served on GSA juries. When the programbegan, nobody believed the GSA could build any-thing but ugly boxes. While Hardy maintains thattheres no reason to despair yet, he acknowl-edges that anything less than a sterling resultwould call for a critical outcry. What is truly worri-some is the lack of interest in design in the federalgovernment. The GSA is about all thats left.S.L. GSA chief architect Ed Feiner retiresLate last year, the Construction SpecificationsInstitute (CSI) and Construction SpecificationsCanada released MasterFormat 2004, the mostsignificant revision in the products 40-year history.MasterFormat is a list of divisions (with sectionnumbers and titles) for specifiers to follow whenorganizing information about a facilitys constructionrequirements. CSI announced that the scope of thesystem needed to expand due to advances in con-struction technology since the last edition.Changes include an increase in the totalnumber of divisions from 16 to 50; the relocationof building-site-related material; and the additionof separate divisions for fire suppression, plumb-ing, HVAC, integrated automation, and electrical,communications, and electronic safety and security. Although the new edition is a significantchange, the subject matter for Divisions 3 (concrete) to 14 (conveying systems) remainsbasically the same as MasterFormat 1995. The new edition is available online at4specs.com and in the 2005 CD/DVD editions ofMcGraw-Hill Constructions Sweets. In addition, CSIhas just released the Project Resource Manualto help specifiers use the new MasterFormat. It isavailable at www.books.construction.com. To pur-chase the complete MasterFormat 2004 edition,go to www.csinet.org. 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TheOf fice of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) inRotterdam produced the preliminary scheme; an882,000-square-foot, $119 million mixed-usebuilding of shops, theaters, restaurants, andsporting facilities, which the developers dub acity for youth. The Mercati Generali, in the citys Garbatellaneighborhood, features a mix of Liberty Stylehomes and prewar industrial sites. Much of thearea was deindustrialized in the 1970s and is onlynow being redeveloped. Several cultural organiza-tions have settled there, including the CapitolineMuseums of Rome, whose converted electricgenerating plants drew attention to preservingthe citys industrial heritage. OMAs proposal pre-serves parts of the original structure inside awrapper of billboards, transparent skins, glowingarchitecture, and other eye-catching symbols oftransformation. Construction is slated to beginnext summer, with a tentative end date of 2008.Paul BennettColossal redevelopment ofRomes general market RecordNews Onthe BoardsKansas City is beginning to feel likehome for Moshe Safdie, FAIA. TheBoston-based architect is currentlydesigning the citys MetropolitanPerforming Arts Complex andKansas City Ballet Center. Andrecently, Safdie was named todesign an $80 million, 2.4-acremixed-use complex called West Edge. The project will be located two blocks westof the citys Country Club Plaza entertainment dis-trict, and includes 203,000 square feet of of ficespace, a 103-room boutique hotel, a signaturerestaurant, and retail shops. There will also be amuseum and a 300-seat auditorium.Stone, brick, and glassbuildings will range from four tonine stories. The complex, brokendown into component parts tocreate a sense of a hillside vil-lage, juxtaposes square windowsand right angles with flowing,curved metallic lines to reflect,says Safdie, the energy, culture, and creativityinside. The of fice building is designed around anundulating glazed atrium with stepping terraces,and other project features entail a series of land-scaped rooftop gardens cascading in a waterfall.Ground breaking is scheduled for early 2005,with completion due by 2007.Tony IlliaHong Kongbased Rocco Yim is designing the newGuangdong Museum, part of a development inGuangzhou, mainland Chinas third-most-importantcity. Adjacent to the Pearl River, the development,called Zhujiang, is slated to be Guangzhous newcity center, also featuring Zaha Hadids GuangzhouOpera House. The museums floor areawill comprise about 650,000square feet organized into fourlarge exhibition halls. 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Ionescu was hired in December by the resi-dents of 927 5th Avenue to create a structure thatwould support the nest, keep it intact, protect thecrumbling pediment on which it sat from waterdamage, and aesthetically please residents andlandmarks officials. All had to be carried out withunprecedented speed because of the public outcryto replace the nest (destroyed by the co-op onDecember 7) as quickly as possible. People wouldnt stop calling, says Ionescu,whose 10-person firm finished the job in about aweek. It felt like the whole world was watching us. The result, installed on December 23, is an 8-foot, 300-pound nest-support unit. It includes a curved steel frame attached to the buildingsfacade and floating above the pediment that thebirds once called home. A detachable metal-meshcradle acts as the base layer for the nest andallows for water drainage and easy removal forcleaning and maintenance. Tiny profile rods createadditional nest protection and stop twigs (and thebirds prey) from falling. The simple, light-coloreddesign is hardly noticeable, pleasing officials andresidents alike. But will it please the birds? Theyhavent moved back, but Ionescu is confident theywill return for mating season, in late February.S.L. First Anacostia River park unveiledIn December, Washington, D.C.,Mayor Anthony Williams namedSeattle landscape architecturefirm Gustafson, Guthrie & Nicholsto design the new WashingtonCanal Park, intended to jump-start implementation of theAnacostia Waterfront InitiativePlan, which will expand the cityeastward toward the AnacostiaRiver and bring life to neglected neighborhoods. The Canal Park is the focal element of a newmixed-use neighborhood, now an area of rundownformer industrial buildings, that will also include abaseball stadium, a theater, and housing. The parks design is divided into three parcels.The northern parcel will include open space, aboardwalk, and shallow pools. From there, stormwater will proceed to the middle section, wherewater is collected and cleansed in the beds of horticultural displays. To the south will sit anamphitheater and a plaza, beneath which treatedsite water will be collected for irrigation and recircu-lation. The city has more than $5 million in handfor the project. Andrea Oppenheimer DeanRelief for Angkor temple In December, the World Monuments Fund (WMF) received a$550,000 grant from the U.S. State Departmentfor the conservation of the Phnom Bakheng temple complex in Angkor, Cambodia. Khmer KingYasovarman I built the complex, a prime exampleof the Temple Mountain style, in the late 9th cen-tury. Civil strife, vandalism, tourism, and monsoonrains have brought significant damage. 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Call310/267-4704 or visit www.aud.ucla.edu.Constructing Stata: Photographs ofRichard SobolCambridge, Mass.February 10June 15, 2005A collection of unpublished photographs cap-tures the construction process that brought MITand the world the Frank Gehrydesigned StataCenter. Through the works of Boston-basedRichard Sobol, visitors experience up close howthis spectacular building came together. At MITMuseums Compton Gallery. Call 617/253-4444or visit www.web.mit.edu/museum.Tools of the ImaginationWashington, D.C.March 5October 10, 2005The exhibition will show how various devices have revolutionized the way in which architectsand designers imagine and create architecture.Included are 250 years of design tools and tech-nologiesfrom historic pencils, ink, and draftingequipment to the latest and most sophisticatedsoftware and hardware, simulations, models, andlasersas well as a wide array of drawings, ren-derings, and sketches from well-known architects.At the National Building Museum. Call 202/272-2448 or visit www.nbm.org.Ongoing ExhibitionsComing to Light: The Louis I. KahnMonument to Franklin D. Roosevelt for New York CityNew York CityThrough February 5, 2005Celebrating Kahns architectural vision for theFranklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Design forRoosevelt Island, the exhibition features manyworks, some never publicly seen beforehand-drawn sketches, construction documents, and the architects original modelthat reveal Kahnsthoughts and process as he designed the project in197374. At the Cooper Union for the Advancementof Science and Art, Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery.Call 212/353-4232 or visit www.cooper.edu.Design Is Not Art: Functional Objectsfrom Donald Judd to Rachel WhitereadNew York CityThrough February 20, 2005The first American exhibition to celebrate the little-known design works by Minimalist and post-Minimalist artists. 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Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for LivingNew York CityThrough February 27, 2005This exhibition brings together the iconic symbols ofmodern design that Josef and Anni Albers createdas individual artists and designers. This extraordi-nary couple shared an intense design philosophythat had an indelible impact on future generationsof architects and designers. At the SmithsoniansCooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Call212/849-8400 or visit www.cooperhewitt.org.Derek Reist: NYC Day into NightNew York CityThrough March 5, 2005An exhibition of paintings by Derek Reist depict-ing a unique perspective of buildings and facadesof New York City. At the Michael Ingbar Gallery ofArchitectural Art. Call 212/334-1100. HKS: Innovation in Architectureand DesignCollege Station, Tex.Through March 6, 2005This exhibition features renderings, models, photography, and drawings depicting the firmslatest architectural accomplishments, highlight-ing its prestigious and renowned projectsfromthe states first LEED Silver-certified building,Sabre Headquarters in Southlake, Texas, to the award-winning Michel Cousteau Fiji IslandsResort in Vanau Levu, Fiji Islands. Spanningmore than three decades, the display depictsthe changing architectural climate and land-scape. At Texas A&M Universitys StarkGalleries. Call 979/845-8501 or visitwww.stark.tamu.edu.Lectures, Conferences, andSymposiaEric R. Multhauf Lunchtime LecturesChicagoFebruary 2, 9, 16, 23, 2005A free lecture series held at the ChicagoArchitecture Foundations ArchiCenter will includePaul Jaskot, Libeskinds Jewish Museum inBerlin: Between the Cold War and Reunification;Ralph Johnson, The Development of the LosAngeles Courthouse; Neal Samors, RichardCahan, and Michael Williams, Reel Chicago:Photographs from the Files of the Chicago Sun-Times; and Jim Peters, Preserving the RecentPast. For more information, call 312/922-3432or visit www.architecture.org.Topographical StoriesWashington, D.C.February 7, 2005It is a longstanding question whether landscapearchitecture and architecture are two distinctfields. David Leatherbarrow, professor of archi-tecture and chairman of the graduate group inarchitecture at the University of Pennsylvania,defines the two disciplines as topographicalarts that rely on each other to form a singleframework. He will illustrate his thesis with exam-ples drawn from the 16th through the 20thcenturies. At the National Building Museum. Call202/272-2448 or visit www.nbm.org.BDX Expo & ConferenceChicagoFebruary 1517, 2005Building and Design Exchange (BDX) is a newregional conference and exposition designed tofoster collaboration between the design and construction sides of the commercial buildingindustry. Sponsored by the American Buildersand Contractors Association (ABCA). AtMcCormick Place. Call 888/821-0767 or visit the ABCA Web site at www.abcaevents.org.DC Builds: The Woodrow Wilson BridgeWashington, D.C.February 16, 2005When the bridge connecting Maryland andVirginia was completed in 1961, it was designedto handle 75,000 cars a day. 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The medal is given annually to aperson or group of people whose influence onarchitecture has had a truly international ef fect.The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) willhold a formal presentation dinner the eveningbefore. At the RIBA London Headquarters. Call0906/302-0400 or visit www.architecture.com.Thom Mayne, MorphosisChicagoFebruary 17, 2005World-renowned Los Angeles architect ThomMayne of Morphosis will present his major worksfor GSA. At the Chicago Architecture FoundationsArchiCenter. Call 312/922-3432 or visitwww.architecture.org.Steven Ehrlich LectureLos AngelesFebruary 24, 2005As part of the Masters of Architecture series, the event is presented by the AIA Los Angelesand the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.Ehrlichs Culver Citybased firm has earnedseven National AIA awards and was named theCalifornia AIA Firm of the Year in 2003. Known forthe diversity of its public and private works, thefirms recent projects include the Kirk DouglasTheater in Culver City, a biotech research labora-tory near MIT, and a 35,000-square-foot house in Dubai. At LACMAs Bing Theatre. Call 213/639-0777 or visit www.aialosangeles.org orwww.lacma.org. Spotlight on Design: PolshekPartnership ArchitectsWashington, D.C.February 25, 2005Recipients of the 2004 Smithsonian InstitutionCooper-Hewitt National Design Award inArchitecture, the firms partnersJosephFleischer, Timothy Hartung, Duncan Hazard,Richard Olcott, James Polshek, Susan Rodriguez,and Todd Schliemannwill discuss their work,including the William J. Clinton Presidential Centerin Little Rock, Arkansas; the Brooklyn MuseumEntry Pavilion and Plaza; the New York Hall ofScience; the Heimbold Visual Arts Center atSarah Lawrence College; and the Newseum onPennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. At theNational Building Museum. Call 202/272-2448or visit www.nbm.org.Competitions2005 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green ProjectsCompetitionDeadline: February 7, 2005An international competition open to all archi-tects, the program seeks to identify and recognizethe benefits of a high-performance, sustainabledesign approach. Visit www.aiatopton.org.Urban Space by Design 2005CompetitionDeadline: February 16, 2005RIBA Londons exhibition and competition willdemonstrate that architecture is about the