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APRIL 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS
2017 AIA HONOR AWARDS
2017 AIA Honor Awards
Paul Revere Williams: From the Center to the Margins and Back Again
The 2017 AIA Gold Medal winner was a prolific and gifted architect whose recognition is belated in more ways than one.
2017 AIA Honor Awards
The Ethical Drive of Leddy Maytum Stacy
The 2017 AIA Architecture Firm Award winner promotes social responsibility and sustainability without sacrificing design.
2017 AIA Honor Awards
Louvre Pyramid: The Folly that Became a TriumphTwo architects who worked with I.M. Pei on the AIA’s 2017 Twenty-Five Year Award-winning project recall the emergence of an icon.
AIA Honor Awards
AIA Announces 2017 Institute Honor Awards for ArchitectureEleven projects were recognized this year.
AIA Honor Awards
AIA Announces 2017 Institute Honor Awards for Interior ArchitectureSeven U.S. projects were recognized.
AIA Honor Awards AIA Announces 2017 Institute Honor Awards for Regional & Urban DesignFive projects were recognized.
2017 AIA HONOR AWARDS Robert A.M. Stern Wins 2017 AIA Topaz MedallionThe founder of his famous, eponymous New York-based firm, this man of tradition is a writer, leader, and steward of architectural education.
2017 AIA Honor Awards Detroit Collaborative Design Center Wins the 2017 Whitney M. Young Jr. AwardThe Motor City initiative has been recognized for its work in proactive social bidding, helping more than 100 other grassroots community organizations to improve upon the built environment.
2017 AIA Honor Awards Ronald Skaggs Wins the 2017 AIA Edward C. Kemper AwardThe Dallas-based architect, known for his work in healthcare design, wins the Institute’s top honor for service.
Awards The Winners of the 2017 AIA Young Architects AwardsThe American Institute of Architects picked 14 architects for the annual award, which recognizes individuals who have made significant strides early on in their career.
AIA Honor Awards Alan Greenberger Named 2017 AIA Thomas Jefferson Award WinnerThe architect helped secure Philadelphia’s UNESCO World Heritage City designation.
AIA Honor Awards The Winners of the 2017 AIA Associates AwardThe Institute recognizes four associate AIA members this year.
AIA Honor Awards AIA Announces Two Winners of 2017 Collaborative Achievement AwardThe Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship and Lawrence Scarpa, co-founder of the Affordable Design Leadership Institute, will both be recognized at the 2017 AIA Conference on Architecture.
FEATURES
Resilient Design Rebuild by Design’s Enduring LegacyHow enlightened political thinking inspired this post-Sandy design competition—and the lessons the new administration could learn from the unconventional approach.
Justice The Rise of Forensic ArchitectureHow Eyal Weizman and his London-based team use design tools to investigate human rights abuses around the globe.
PROJECTS
Belay MKEJohnsen Schmaling Architects
TECH + PRACTICE
Best Practices Transitioning to an Employee Stock Ownership PlanThough it takes time, switching to an ESOP can reduce the stress of leadership changes and help employees feel more connected to their work.
Next Progressives Atelier Cho ThompsonThis San Francisco duo explore design through architecture, graphics, and furniture.
Innovative Detail Detail: Maggie’s Manchester Centre Timber FrameDesigned by Foster + Partners, the tapering beam and column trusses create a light-filled space in which anyone affected by cancer can contemplate or seek support.
High-Performance Design Scaling Up Sustainability from Buildings to CitiesA new era of programs aims to apply high-performance design practices beyond one-off projects to entire communities.
Products Three Table Lamps Emanate Both Light and EleganceThese decorative fixtures are easy on the eyes, providing soft illumination out of smooth, geometric aesthetics.
Employment 9 More Alternative Careers for ArchitectsFor designers looking for a different profession without significant retraining or time off work, here are several opportunities and success stories.
RESIDENTIAL
Architecture Architecture Students Design Temporary Shelter for the HomelessLos Angeles–based Homeless Studio has designed a prototype to help reduce the homeless crisis across southern California.
Products Object of the Moment: Shield Series by Kutarq StudioThe design concept behind the sleek LED fixtures has rich roots in African culture.
EDITORIAL
Ethics What Won’t You Build?Architecture is innately political. And before accepting a commission, an ethically minded architect always weighs its ramifications.
AIA ARCHITECT
AIA Voices Accepting Impermanence
In Florida, embracing the need to reorganize and reuse.
AIA Now Do You Have That Sinking Feeling?
How to suss out a sinkhole.
AIA Design Preparedness Beyond the Coast
What does resilience mean for an inland city like Orlando?
AIA Feature Assume There’s No Magic Kingdom for Five Minutes
Orlando has invested in a booming downtown and an increasingly urban sensibility that’s worth checking out.
AIA Practice What Is a Talent Pipeline?
Firm growth is about more than the next big job. It’s about attracting the next big talents.
AIA Perspective Politics—As Usual
Challenges abound in unusual times.
FRONTS
Pritzker Prize Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, and Ramon Vilalta Win 2017 Pritzker Architecture Prize
This is the first time that the prize has been shared three ways.
History Several Noses Uncover a Library’s Architectural History
A group of graduate students and their professor are using their noses to uncover the architectural importance of JP Morgan’s private collection in Manhattan.
Community Projects This Neighborhood Play Structure Encourages Childish Exploration
Two Massachusetts-based firms collaborated on a unique wooden structure that inspires kids to use their imaginations.
Technology Temperature-Responsive Materials Offer Application Versatility
MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab has created heat sensitive auxetics that can shrink or expand in all directions, depending on the temperature.
Exhibitions “Architecture of an Asylum” Exhibit to Open at the National Building Museum
The exhibition opens March 25 and is centered around the 19th century campus of St. Elizabeths, a psychiatric facility that became an exemplar in the architecture of mental institutions.
Building Blocks Kengo Kuma’s Triangular Wooden Blocks Launch in the United States
The Japanese architect collaborated with a forest conservation organization to develop a product that encourages imagination.
Architecture Buckminster Fuller’s Biosphere Celebrates 50
Featured in Montreal’s Expo 67, the groundbreaking, geodesic dome will celebrate its 50th anniversary of architectural innovation.
2017 INSTITUTE HONOR AWARDS
Marvel Architects
Regeneración: A Vision for the Campus and District of the Tecnológico de Monterrey
Sasaki
Aidlin Darling Design
Reva And David Logan Center For The Arts
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners
IwamotoScott Architecture, Brereton Architects
nARCHITECTS
designLAB architects, Austin Architects
Philadelphia 30th Street Station District Plan
SOM
Studio Gang Architects
Stanford University’s Central Energy Facility
ZGF Architects
Yale Center for British Art Renovation
Knight Architecture
The Cotton Gin at the CO-OP District
Antenora Architects
Landing Studio
General Motors Design Auditorium
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