A Language for Landscapes?
Such a thing is vital for public-space projects in New York. And Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates speaks it fluently.
April/May/June 2012
- Adaptive Reuse
- Commercial
- Healthcare
- Higher Education
- Hospitality
- Lighting
- Operations & Maintenance
- Products & Systems
- Real Estate & Development
- Recycling
- Renovations
- Residential
- Technology
- Transit-Oriented
- Water Conservation
Details
Bridging the Green Gap
The founders of In Balance Green Consulting are translators and ambassadors
Custom Homes Are Old News
Pay extra for green features? No way. PSW Real Estate is bringing eco-housing to the masses.
Keep Austin Sustainable
In a city with 'McMansion ordinances,' CG&S Design Build stays inside the lines while creating Austin's coolest homes
Night (and Day) in the Museum
Verner Johnson, Inc.'s expertise in museum design is in high demand
No Artificial Ingredients
Architect Joan Heaton honors the Adirondacks region with wood-based designs rooted in nature
The Real Go-Getter
A formidable real-estate firm with a presence coast to coast, Cassidy Turley stresses sustainability in and out of the office
The Secret to Housing? Building More Than Bedrooms.
Meta Housing Corporation is bringing supermarkets to food deserts and public transit to car culture
Wisconsin Gets It Right
Why Wispark’s enlightened president is as savvy on sustainability as the most avant-garde architect
Features
Dialogue: Michael Maltzan
What is the value of public space? And where is it in Los Angeles?
Inside the Cutting Edge
Crawford Architects may have created one of the coolest façades in the country
Michael Maltzan and the American Metropolis
Michael Maltzan envisions a new Los Angeles with Playa Vista Park—a city in microcosm
Randy Burkett Lighting Design
How one firm is shedding light on some of the world’s most impressive projects
Virtual Realities
If you dream it, they can build it—experts from leading high-tech firms discuss the intersection of technology, sustainability, and design
What Do We Teach the Kids?
Monica Ponce de Leon explains why University of Michigan’s M.Arch program is No. 1 in the nation.
Game Plan
“As the economy shifted, we realized we had to diversify.”
Al Wulff discusses how his architectural design firm is navigating ‘the new normal’
“Never abandon your dreams.”
Susan Friedland describes what it takes to create LEED Platinum housing for homeless youth
“Preventive maintenance is what we called sustainability a decade ago.”
Al Skodowski speaks about Transwestern’s winning real-estate formula
“We start with the basics.”
Mark Group's Jeff Bartos talks about the success of greening homes with old-fashioned values
Inner Workings
CityCenterDC
Lee and Associates and Gustafson Guthrie Nichol detail their innovative landscape and why it's green
Encore!
Baker Barrios Architects and ZMG Construction help revitalize a historical Tampa neighborhood
Hsu House
Epiphyte Lab's rural New York residence is equal parts style and sustainability
LOFT Vertical Farm Concept
Rogerio Carvalheiro's proposed urban farm in London is a brave new world
Mediated Learning Center
WSP Flack + Kurtz's Built Ecology team hopes to reach LEED Platinum for De Anza College's media building
Launch Pad
An Education Revolution
Cause and Effect Evolutions is doing something remarkable: changing the way America imagines its schools
Material World
Counter Points
IceStone began as an underdog but its ultra-sustainable countertops now are leading the industry
Notes
Show & Tell
Furniture designer Daniel Michalik documents the cork process in Portugal
The New City Beautiful
Would the urban movement inspired by Daniel Burnham stand up to today’s sustainability standards?
Professional to Watch
Joseph M. Bennett
The down-to-earth architect’s design subtlety and love for the environment are making waves in Austin, Texas
Solutions
Back to the Basics of Louis Sullivan
AltusWorks uses sustainability principles to restore a famed storefront on Michigan Avenue
Bright Lights Cost Big Bucks
But Qualite Sports Lighting has a new way to lower energy consumption on even the largest fixtures
High Design Invades Suburbia
Cooper Joseph Studio gives the New Rochelle area an architectural landmark with the Wykagyl Shopping Center
Inside Frito-Lay’s New Near-Zero-Waste Plant
Frito-Lay unveils its most recent sustainability initiative: an unequalled processing facility in Casa Grande, AZ
Is Greening Hospitality as Simple as Better Bins?
T2 Site Amenities fills a necessary niche in the industry by offering beautiful recycling options
Spaces/Heal
Breaking Ground on a Healing Hospital
New York City contractor Vanguard Construction is targeting LEED Gold in its renovation within a fully operational Mount Sinai Medical
Taking Cues From Native Culture
In the East Bay, healthcare and affordable housing for Native Americans are under one roof in a green, community-centric building
Spaces/Learn
A Neutral Vessel
In 1975 Jack Esterson was just finishing up an architecture degree at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He didn’t imagine
The Anti-Secret Lab
University of Houston’s research and teaching complex is a hub for collaboration
Writing the Book on Healthy Spaces
President Michael Miller and MS&R’s Jeffrey Scherer take questions about Northland College’s library renovation
Spaces/Live
Family Circus
Customers told William Ryan Homes it should offer organization for the ever-busier family. Its new homes deliver.
Honolulu’s New Eco-Community
A new neighborhood by Armstrong Builders embraces the Hawaiian lifestyle
Spaces/Play
A Modern Home For Classical Music
Created by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, the stunning new practice space for the Orchestra of St. Luke’s is essentially floating
Built on a Concrete Canvas
Known for its dedication to the art community, Galapagos Art Space guts a 100-year-old building and creates an inspired masterpiece
Lakefront Landmark
The home of the Chicago Bears is a hive of environmental activity and a major success story for the Chicago
No Magic Tricks Here
With hard work and smart design, Orlando Venues takes an arena above and beyond industry standards into LEED Gold territory
Running a Tight Flagship
Fisher Development overcomes a tight lot to build a LEED-equivalent prototype for West Elm at its Emeryville location
Spaces/Work
Breaking Tradition
Structure Tone's newly renovated 200 Fifth Avenue is one of the hottest properties in Manhattan
From Factory To Transit Hub
An expert in adaptive reuse, Tise-Kiester Architects takes a rundown furniture factory and makes it into a sustainable multiuse center
Paving the Way in Panama
Simpson Furones International uses a new project to bring sustainability to local developments
Tough Builds/ Net Zero
Rebuilding a Stop on the Underground Railroad
Re:Vision Architects puts the life back into a now-LEED Platinum monument
Tough Builds/ Off the Grid
Designing a Self-Sustaining Desert Oasis
Allegretti Architects takes on off-the-grid living near Santa Fe, NM
Tough Builds/ Remote Locations
Bringing LEED to a Border-Town Trucking Terminal
A new shipping depot from Con-way Freight paves the way for sustainable growth in the Southwest
Net-Plus Building with Arizona Soil
Living Systems Sustainable Architecture tackles a tough climate with stellar, eco-conscious design.
Verbatim
“Architecture has to anticipate a way of life and foster new ways of living within the environment.”
Bruce Kuwabara explains how provocative design decisions can completely shift cultural norms
“Everyone wants to do the right thing for the warriors who come through this place.”
David Keith on Clark Nexsen’s Warrior Transition Unit at the National Naval Medical Center
“We basically created super teams of people with very few weaknesses.”
KAI Design & Build’s Michael B. Kennedy on how building design can benefit from business acumen