VOLUME 112 NUMBER 2...5 News 1 3 People 49 Projects 55 Products 89 Editorial 144 Ideas 157 Abroad 16...
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l ( 1m1~~11111~ 3909947 3909940 Obra Per 213 5 News 13 People 49 Projects 55 Products 89 Editorial 144 Ideas 157 Abroad 163 Books 169 Excerpts 219 Forum Cover: Design by Ray Komai, based on construction volume forecaet (story, page 118). 220 Editoria!, eubscription, nnd advertising data. 216 Adverllsing indcx. Published monthly by TIME )Ne., Time & Lifc Building, Rockcfcller Ccnter, New York 20, N.Y. Thl e iesuc is publiehcd in a Nat.lonnl nnd Western Edition. Entercd ae scconcl-claes mnt.tcr o.t New York, N.Y. and nt addlUonnl mnlllnll' offices. Subscrlptlon J>ricc $6.60 n ycnr. © 1980 Tn.m l NO, Ali right.s rcacrvcd. VOLUME 112 NUMBER 2 .t!.RT OF .t!.RCHITECTURE Continuity without compromise 92 Bennington College's trimi 111,ew library by Pietro Belvuscki suggests that mode'ffl arohitec· ~itre can fit comfortably into a traditional New England setting. Ci tizenshi p in building 98 The headquart ers Àrchitect Albert Kahn designed for the Natwnal Bank of Detroit serves as a visual lvnk betwe en midtown and the river front. Flying fir fora fair 102 Seven wooden shells forrn a display pavilion for Oregon forest pro&ucts. Squaw Valley 's Olympic tent 104 Àt the focal point of California's winter Olympics scene is a $9-million "big top," engineered to span 300 feet despite the Sierra's heavy snows. Alvar Aalto-Finn without borders 116 From the H elsilltki office of one of Finland's great cultural heroes a character- is'lic brand of humanisnt is being exported to the WO'Tld. Medical center for Free Berlin 132 À milestone in health care, prod1iced by German-Àmerioam. coopera'tion. CITIES Moun t Clemens ' boot-stra p renewal 124 Far s-i-x yewrs, this small town ha. s pushed a progrant of reform mnd renewal. N ow the res,,lts are showing up in a ser'ies of visible building projects. Mount Clemens fresh-start housing 127 In contrast to the tired olichés of the typical pubz.ic hou.sing progra •m, tllìs projeot pion eers good design and a scattered site policy. BTJSINESS OF BUILDING Building 's soaring statistics 107 À portfolio of oharts tracfrig /,he grotving innportance of constrnction fa the U .S. economy and the expanding volwmc of 1Yitilding activity o/ an k.inds. Building in the sixties : a $670-billi on boom 113 Dnring the ncxt decade constnwticm ea;penditures tVill exceeà the total of tht1 past S5 ycars, including thc booming late twcnt-ies-a FORUM forccast. TECn NOLOGY Nervi 's methodolo gy 138 'l'h o grncc of Romo',ç gia,it Sports Palacc cvolvcs fro1,i sophistiaatrd prefabrioation in roi11forocd oonorelc a11d [rom a ,11aslo1's dcu otio11 to siniplc r,co111otry. 1
Transcript of VOLUME 112 NUMBER 2...5 News 1 3 People 49 Projects 55 Products 89 Editorial 144 Ideas 157 Abroad 16...
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1m1~~11111~ ~ 3909947 3909940
Obra Per 213
5 News
13 People
49 Projects
55 Products
89 Editorial
144 Ideas
157 Abroad
163 Books
169 Excerpts
219 Forum
Cover: Design by Ray Komai, based on construction volume forecaet (story, page 118).
220 Editoria!, eubscription, nnd advertising data.
216 Adverllsing indcx.
Published monthly by TIME )Ne.,
Time & Lifc Building, Rockcfcller Ccnter, New York 20, N.Y. Thle iesuc is publiehcd in a Nat.lonnl nnd Western Edition. Entercd ae scconcl-claes mnt.tcr o.t New York, N.Y. and nt addlUonnl mnlllnll' offices. Subscrlptlon J>ricc $6.60 n ycnr. © 1980 Tn.m l NO, Ali right.s rcacrvcd.
VOLUME 112 NUMBER 2
.t!.RT OF .t!.RCHITECTURE
Continuity without compromise 92
Bennington College's trimi 111,ew library by Pietro Belvuscki suggests that mode'ffl
arohitec·~itre can fit comfortably into a traditional New England setting.
Ci tizenshi p in building 98
The headquarters Àrchitect Albert Kahn designed for the Natwnal Bank of
Detroit serves as a visual lvnk between midtown and the river front.
Flying fir fora fair 102
Seven wooden shells forrn a display pavilion for Oregon forest pro&ucts.
Squaw Valley's Olympic tent 104 Àt the focal point of California's winter Olympics scene is a $9-million "big top," engineered to span 300 feet despite the Sierra's heavy snows.
Alvar Aalto-Finn without borders 116
From the H elsilltki office of one of Finland's great cultural heroes a characteris'lic brand of humanisnt is being exported to the WO'Tld.
Medical center for Free Berlin 132
À milestone in health care, prod1iced by German-Àmerioam. coopera'tion.
CITIES
Moun t Clemens ' boot-stra p renewal 124
Far s-i-x yewrs, this small town ha.s pushed a progrant of reform mnd renewal. N ow the res,,lts are showing up in a ser'ies of visible building projects.
Mount Clemens fresh-start housing 127 In contrast to the tired olichés of the typical pubz.ic hou.sing progra•m, tllìs projeot pioneers good design and a scattered site policy.
BTJSINESS OF BUILDING
Building's soaring statistics 107
À portfolio of oharts tracfrig /,he grotving innportance of constrnction fa the U .S. economy and the expanding volwmc of 1Yitilding activity o/ an k.inds.
Building in the sixties : a $670-billion boom 113
Dnring the ncxt decade constnwticm ea;penditures tVill exceeà the total of tht1 past S5 ycars, including thc booming late twcnt-ies-a FORUM forccast.
TECn NOLOGY
Nervi 's methodology 138
'l'h o grncc of Romo',ç gia,it Sports Palacc cvolvcs fro1,i sophistiaatrd prefabrioation in roi11forocd oonorelc a11d [rom a ,11aslo1's dcuotio11 to siniplc r,co111otry.
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