INSTITUTIONAL

Building on Success

Mark McMenamin, May 1, 2012
Seeyond Architectural Systems made its NeoCon debut with Tess, a proprietary tool for parametric specification. More
Can You Hear Me Now?

Mark McMenamin, May 1, 2012
In a social landscape where hash tags replace handshakes, Talk makes its mission perfectly clear: preserving the endangered phenomenon of personal interaction. More
Sweet Treats

Mark McMenamin, May 1, 2012
Don’t let that shapely fi gure fool you. Caramella is more than eye candy. More
Six Emerging Designers Present at the Seaport Museum

Annie Block, May 7, 2012
New York School of Interior Design and Museum of the City of New York organized "New New York: Interior Design on the Cutting Edge," at the recently reopened South Street Seaport Museum (now run by MCNY). More
A Symphonic Overture

Annie Block, May 1, 2012
Essential places, passageways are nevertheless often afterthoughts. More
What's in Store

Laura Fisher Kaiser, May 1, 2012
A man walks into a record store. Early Michael Jackson blasts from a turntable, bouncing off the brick walls. People stand around chatting and grooving. One beckons with a pair of headphones:"Here, buddy, take some vinyl for a spin. Oh, just one thing. Listen all you want, but nothing's for sale." The man looks perplexed. But he gets excited as he flips through a bin of dog eared albums-vintagecha-cha, R&B, funk. Without realizing it, he's become part of site-specific performance art created, as a lark, by architects known for some of the most high-concept houses and cultural institutions in the Pacific Northwest. More
Sound Absorbing: Musiktheater im Revier

Sara Pepitone, April 1, 2012
The main focus of the 2010 renovation of MiR (Musiktheater im Revier; Music Theatre in the Ruhr) in Gelsenkirchen, Germany was to improve the auditorium's acoustics, said Britta Richter, an architect for Bock-Neuhaus Partner, who led the project. More
Local Talent

Annie Block, Edie Cohen, Meghan Edwards, and Mark McMenamin, April 1, 2012
Four Indiana designers, including Bill Blass and Halston, are showcased at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. More
A&D Working for the Greater Good: Rockwell Group

Sara Pepitone, March 1, 2012
No stranger to pro bono and socially beneficial design work, the New York-based firm is devoted to problem-solving for the cause. More
A&D Working for the Greater Good: Perkins+Will

Sara Pepitone, March 1, 2012
"We consider our pro bono work to be part of our DNA," says Mark Jolicouer, Principal of the Chicago-based firm. More
A&D Working for the Greater Good: MASS Design Group

Sara Pepitone, March 1, 2012

Reaching for their nonprofit status, the design firm has a project list that reads like a sign-up sheet for worldwide community service options.
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A&D Working for the Greater Good: HOK

Sara Pepitone, March 1, 2012
The St. Louis-based firm is currently designing an orphanage and children's center for the broken city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti with Architecture for Humanity and the USGBC. More
Hope Comes in Many Colors

Meghan Edwards, March 1, 2012
All it took was a bike ride to get Rapt Studio design principal David Galullo to make a long-term commitment to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. More
Back to School

Meghan Edwards, March 1, 2012
Hit by the recession, Aardvarchitecture partners Christian Volkmann and Lynnette Widder hit the books. More
Food For Thought

Deborah Wilk, March 1, 2012
The World Food Prize Foundation's Des Moines headquarters is appropriately venerable for those leading the fight against hunger. More
It's Elementary

Edie Cohen, March 1, 2012
A library for the Orchard School in the Silicon Valley city of San Jose kept HMC busy for the past two years. More
Botanical Tutorial

Nicholas Tamarin, March 1, 2012
Daria Pizzetta has undertaken building and renovation projects for all kinds of clients with cultural and educational missions. More
Ripple Effect

Nicholas Tamarin, March 1, 2012
After about eight years of concentrating on architecture, both residential and commercial, Urbana shifted to installations. More
Shades of Meaning

Annie Block, March 1, 2012
As an abstract painter, David Storey says, "I'm leery of the anecdotal. I aim for simplicity, which is actually quite complex." More
Museum of the Imagination

Craig Kellogg, February 1, 2012
An art-filled installation by Thierry W. Despont is part Louis XV, part Jean Cocteau. More

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