描述
AUGUST 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROJECTS
The ChrysalisMarc Fornes/TheVeryMany, Living Design Lab
Fayetteville Outdoor TheaterUniversity of Arkansas, Fay Jones School of Architecture
Meeting Center in GrândolaAires Mateus
VespertineEric Owen Moss Architects
Ghost Wash HouseArchitecture-Infrastructure-Research
Fayetteville Outdoor TheaterUniversity of Arkansas, Fay Jones School of Architecture
Meeting Center in GrândolaAires Mateus
VespertineEric Owen Moss Architects
FEATURES
Letter from Lexington The Uncertain Fate of TIGERThis Obama-era infrastructure program encouraged all types of progressive projects, including the Scape-designed Town Branch Commons in Kentucky. Now it might get cut.
Letter from Chicago UIC’s Instagrammable MomentHow Bob Somol started a movement at the University of Illinois at Chicago that celebrates an architecture designed for the Internet.
TECH + PRACTICE
Best Practices How Compliance Can Protect Your FirmBusiness experts and design leaders discuss the benefits of compliance programs dedicated to determining legal and ethical standards in architecture firms.
Innovative Detail Château d’Hardelot Theater Curved PanelsAs part of a design competition, Studio Andrew Todd designed this structure without a predetermined site from the inside out.
Next Progressives FreelandBuckThis bicoastal duo most recently made headlines with an installation at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Products Three Chic, Teak Sectional Sofas for Outdoor Hospitality SpacesThese sectionals provide adaptable seating options for high-traffic areas to promote a relaxing atmosphere.
RESIDENTIAL
Restoration Harvard Reveals Richard Rogers’ Wimbledon House RestorationOriginally designed for the British architect’s parents in the 1960s, the property is now home to Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Richard Rogers Fellowship.
Exhibitions Vitra Design Museum Houses an Exhibition on Social HousingOn view until Sept. 10, the museum’s new show explores new forms of living together.
Products Four Tiles That Represent the Elements of NatureHandcrafted tiles inspired by earth, air, fire, and water, bring organic forms into indoor and outdoor residential spaces.
FRONTS
Technology This Week in Tech: A Magnetic Elevator for Future BuildingsPlus, how air pollution hinders solar panels, an urban farming module concept, and more design-tech news from this week.
Awards AIA 2017 Small Project Award Program WinnersThis year, the AIA announced 11 winners of the program that celebrates great design in smaller packages.
Exhibitions Ettore Sottsass Exhibition to Open at The Met BreuerThe radical designs are juxtaposed with objects that inspired the artist as well as works created by his contemporaries.
Obituaries Remembering the Groundbreaking Architect Peter PranThe Norwegian architect, who died in July, integrated a radical Modernist design sensibility to corporate firms.
AIA ARCHITECT
AIA Voices This Is Your Brain on DesignTurning high building performance into high human performance.
AIA Feature Ahead of Their TimeThe recipients of the 2017 Latrobe Prize will help ensure that the buildings of today are adaptable enough to become the buildings of the future.
AIA Future Mixed InnovationBlending engineering and architecture through an art installation and an AIA research grant.
EDITORIAL
Designers Without Borders Architecture and GlobalizationNed Cramer considers the ramifications of the profession’s entrenchment in a global elite, and the moment he began to realize his own role in it.







