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MAY 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURES

Suburban design The Bargain That Revived Bell LabsEero Saarinen’s landmark facility in New Jersey is being redeveloped as a New Urbanist hub, but with one significant twist.

Design The Concert Hall, ReimaginedPerformance spaces today are designed to be stand-alone icons, but that’s not how we always designed these buildings.

Conferences The “Future of Suburbia,” according to MITThe Center for Advanced Urbanism’s new research initiative is long overdue but doesn’t yet strike the right note.

In Memoriam Zaha Hadid, FriendArchitect and critic Joseph Giovannini remembers the wonderful force of nature known as Zaha Hadid.

PRACTICE

Professional Development Why Local Governments Need an Architect At the TablePractitioners can bring a much-needed technical, apolitical perspective to the organizations that lead their communities.

Best Practices Tips for Mastering Economic DataFrom high-level indicators to detailed sector data, these are the numbers your firm should be tracking.

Innovative Detail The Lattice Roof of Crossrail Place at Canary WharfFoster + Partners’ futuristic barrel vault made of glulam timber and ETFE panels tops an active transportation and retail hub in east London.

Next Progressives Omar GandhiThe Halifax, Nova Scotia-based architect updates rural vernacular forms with clean lines and minimal material palettes.

Opportunities Eight Alternative Careers for ArchitectsTransitioning to a new vocation isn’t as difficult as you might think.

Performance The Case of the Missing Energy ModelBuilding performance is increasing among client priorities, and the tools to predict it are becoming more accessible. So why isn’t energy modeling used in every project?

Products Five Vibrant Outdoor FurnishingsThese products stand out thanks to their whimsical yet modern aesthetic and use of eye-catching colorways.

Building Codes Mass-Timber Towers Become a Reality, One Additional Floor at a TimeThe U.S. lags behind other countries in the use of engineered wood construction. Will updates to building codes be enough to change the paradigm?

AIA HONOR AWARDS

2016 AIA Honor Awards AIA Gold Medal: Denise Scott Brown and Robert VenturiUnyielding champions of a “nonstraightforward architecture.”

2016 AIA Honor Awards AIA Architecture Firm Award: LMN ArchitectsA Seattle firm devoted to civic responsibility, sustainable development, and a healthy office culture.

2016 AIA Honor Awards Twenty-Five Year Award: Monterey Bay AquariumThe beloved attraction, designed by EHDD, is an understated landmark of biomimetic systems and resilient construction.

2016 AIA Honor Awards Terrance Brown Wins 2016 AIA Edward C. Kemper AwardThe New Mexico architect, who has served in a number of capacities with the AIA and is known for work in disaster recovery, wins this year’s top honor for service.

2016 AIA HONOR AWARDS R. Steven Lewis Wins 2016 AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. AwardThe practicing architect is associate vice president for engineering firm TRC and president of the architecture consulting firm Thinking Leadership.

AIA Honor Awards 2016 AIA Thomas Jefferson Award Goes to Hans ButzerThe architect is a director of the Oklahoma City practice Butzer Architects and Urbanism.

2016 AIA Honor Awards Douglas S. Kelbaugh Wins 2016 AIA Topaz MedallionAn innovator in passive-solar and transit-oriented design, the author, educator, and practitioner brings environmentalism into architectural education.

AIA Honor Awards AIA Names the Winners of 2016 Young Architects AwardThe 12 winners, licensed for no more than 10 years, hail from seven states.

AIA Honor Awards 2016 2016 AIA Associates AwardThe Institute named seven winners: R. Denise Everson, Beau Frail, Anna Jones, Joseph Mayo, Jared Edgar McKnight, Ross Miller, and Mary Anne Ocampo.

AIA Honor Awards AIA Announces the 2016 Collaborative Achievement AwardThe Institute recognized George Smart, founder of nonprofit organization North Carolina Modernist Houses, based in Durham, N.C., for taking public knowledge of modern architecture from a local to national level.

AIA COTE Top Ten Awards AIA Announces 2016 AIA COTE Top Ten Green ProjectsThe AIA’s Committee on the Environment awards honor the best in sustainable architecture and ecological design.

AIA Housing Awards AIA Announces 2016 Housing AwardsTen projects, single- and multifamily, received recognition in the AIA’s annual housing awards.

AIA INSTITUTE HONOR AWARDS

AIA Honor Awards AIA Announces 2016 Institute Honor Awards for ArchitectureEleven projects were recognized across ten states as well as Hong Kong.

Case Inlet RetreatMW|Works Architecture+Design

CHS FieldSnow Kreilich Architects, AECOM

Asia Society Hong Kong CenterTod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners, AGC Design, Associated Architects

Mariposa Land Port of EntryJones Studio

U.S. Land Port of EntrySnow Kreilich Architects, Robert Siegel Architects

Perot Museum of Nature & ScienceMorphosis Architects

St. Patrick’s Cathedral Conservation, Renovation and Systems UpgradeMBB Architects

WMS BoathouseStudio Gang Architects

Henderson-Hopkins SchoolRogers Partners Architects+Urban Designers

PterodactylCulver City, Calif. Eric Owen Moss Architects.

American Enterprise Group – National Headquarters RenovationBNIM

2016 AIA Honor Awards The AIA Announces the 2016 Institute Honor Awards for Interior ArchitectureFive projects were recognized for interiors that inspire.

Windhover Contemplative CenterAidlin Darling Design

Georgetown University School of Continuing StudiesStudios Architecture

The Strand, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.)SOM

PivotArchitecture Workshop PC

Milton Academy Pritzker Science CenterWilliam Rawn Associates

2016 AIA Honor Awards The AIA Announces the 2016 Institute Honor Awards for Regional & Urban DesignForward-looking proposals for feeding the growing population of an Arkansas city and for increasing accessibility to one of the nation’s biggest cultural institutions took top honors in the AIA’s Regional and Urban Design Awards.

Smithsonian Institution South Campus Master PlanBjarke Ingels Group (BIG)

Fayetteville 2030: Food City ScenarioUniversity of Arkansas Community Design Center

AIA ARCHITECT

AIA Voices Critic’s ChoiceThe war reporter turned architecture critic.

AIA Now It’s My Town, but You’re Welcome to VisitWhat to appreciate in Philadelphia.

AIA Knowledge Philadelphia, AlmostLouis Kahn’s idea for a carless city.

AIA Feature The Spirit of the Quaker CityWilliam Penn’s vision for a green, safe Philadelphia is alive and well.

AIA Design Public ConsumptionPhilly’s best eats can be found in a restored train terminal.

EDITORIAL

Competitions Introducing the Studio PrizeOur new awards program recognizes excellence in studio curricula and the student work that results. And there’s prize money!