Architect 2017:07

2017 R+D Awards 11th Annual R+D AwardsSee the nine winners that exemplify the refined inventions at the forefront of architectural technology.

2017 R+D Awards 2017 R+D Award: Re: Lamp Lighting SystemA mobile streetlighting system made with minimal, and whenever possible locally available, resources brings electricity to India’s poor communities.

2017 R+D Awards 2017 R+D Award: Dynamic ETFE FaçadeAn inflatable, responsive façade brings characteristic Miesian elegance to a new building on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, using 21st century materials.

2017 R+D Awards 2017 R+D Award: Niamey 2000 HousingRethinking density in Niger’s capital city could bring relief to the region’s housing crisis while respecting locals preferences in residential design.

2017 R+D Awards 2017 R+D Award: Additive Manufacturing Integrated Energy PrototypeA 3D-printed, one-room house and car that share energy sources explore methods to create a completely off-grid living environment.

2017 R+D Awards 2017 R+D Award: Round Timber TrussesStructural components made from round, unmilled “waste” trees that are as strong as steel.

2017 R+D Awards 2017 R+D Honorable Mention: Empathy Effect VR StudyVirtual-reality can help architects better understand how to design for their clients, including those with disabilities.

2017 R+D Awards 2017 R+D Honorable Mention: Trigeneration SystemThis tripartite system, one of the first of its kind to be used on a single building, helps make the most of every bit of energy it produces.

2017 R+D Awards 2017 R+D Honorable Mention: Vacuum-Insulated Glass TubesGlass tubes combine to form a structural wall assembly that admits daylight, generates energy, and insulates like a solid wall.

2017 R+D Awards 2017 R+D Honorable Mention: CMU Fabrication and Construction in HaitiA sunlight-powered kiln and a new concrete block shape could be a solution for more resilient construction in Haiti.

Exhibitions Frank Lloyd Wright as if for the First TimeThomas de Monchaux on how MoMA’s “Unpacking the Archive” portrays the legendary architect in a new light.

Letter from Spain Inside Norman Foster’s FoundationIan Volner travels to Madrid to discover the animating force behind the architect’s new outpost.

Letter from Delaware How to Fight Wealth InequalityAmanda Kolson Hurley visits Arden, Del., to see how the land-value tax, a long-forgotten idea by the political economist Henry George, is making a comeback.

Haussmann StoriesChartier-Corbasson Architectes

Best Practices Healthcare Plans for Smaller FirmsBusiness advisers and healthcare providers weigh in on options to consider when selecting a plan.

Innovative Detail Löyly Sauna Timber SkinAvanto Architects designed this low-profile restaurant and public sauna on the Helsinki waterfront with a timber “cloak” to look like a natural landform.

Next Progressives LAMASThis Toronto-based duo has an eye for optical illusions, hydrographics, and geometric forms.

Products Object of the Moment: Irys by Clestra HausermanThis freestanding, modular kit is created in a collaboration between HOK Product Design and Clestra Hauserman, and distributed in North America by Steelcase.

Residential The David and Gladys Wright House’s Newest Resident: The School of Architecture at TaliesinThe school, formerly the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, will use the house as a community, cultural, and education center.

Exhibitions Latino and Latin American Artists Dissect the Meaning of “Home” in an Exhibition from LACMA, UCLA, and MFAH“Home—So Different, So Appealing: Art from the Americas since 1957” runs through Oct. 15 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Products Three Industrial Bathroom FaucetsSay hello to the “it” knurl.

Game Changer Architecture Is an AntidoteMove over, Le Corbusier. The next revolutionary moment in architecture has arrived. But to realize its potential, we have to sell it.

AIA Voices Finding Your VoiceGrowing as an architect, artist, and businesswoman.

AIA Now Pyramids Beyond EgyptRecognizing six lesser-known pyramids.

AIA Feature The Ancien Régime’s Fatal BlowA generation ago, I.M. Pei transformed an impossibly contentious site into an iconic public space.

AIA Future Taking the Long ViewThree recent COTE award-winning projects could change the way we think about energy, environment, and place.

AIA Perspective For a Better WorldArchitects can do more—and should.

In Memoriam Architect Robert Kliment Dies at 84Kliment and his wife Frances Halsband co-founded New York–based firm Kliment Halsband Architects in 1972.

Awards Chilean Architect Samuel Bravo Wins 2017 Wheelwright PrizeBravo’s proposed research project will include travel to Bangladesh, Nepal, and India as well as urban areas in Africa and the Amazon basin and flatlands.

Material Research Neri Oxman 3D Prints Glass at an Architectural ScaleMIT Media Lab’s Mediated Matter Group created three iridescent columns that explore the capabilities of its second-generation 3D glass printing technology.

Grant Funding The Graham Foundation Awards More Than $560,000 in GrantsThe Chicago-based grant-making organization will fund 72 architecture-related projects including exhibitions, films, publications, installations, and more.

Cultural Project Mass MoCA Building 6, by Bruner/Cott & AssociatesA building on the edge of a 160-year-old factory complex is remade as a gallery for immersive installations.