Ghetto Fabulous by Maria Shollenbarger - 03/01/2008
Denmark has long, proud traditions of promoting civic-mindedness and fostering young architects. When these two traditions dovetail, unexpected and wonderful things appear, quite literally, on the horizon. Case in point: the nonprofit Sjakket organization's Ghetto Heroes Academy youth center in Copenhagen's immigrant-heavy northwest quarter. More
AIA Honors College and University Designs by Nicholas Tamarin - 08/11/2008
The American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture for Education and the Society for College and University Planning recently announced the winners of their annual Excellence in Planning, Excellence in Landscape Architecture, and Excellence in Architecture awards.
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The Art Of Play by Raul Barreneche - 08/01/2008
You could be forgiven for thinking that this cutting-edge building in São Paulo, Brazil, was an art gallery or even a fashion boutique. In fact, though, the building's clientele has barely learned how to walk—some are still in diapers. Welcome to Primetime Child Development, a bilingual learning center that serves up to 75 tiny students, from infants to preschoolers.
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Nation's First Green Dorm Renamed by Nicholas Tamarin - 06/20/2008
Carnegie Mellon University's green residence hall -- the first dormitory in the United States to achieve LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council -- is now a tribute to the university's fifth president.
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Reading Is Fun-Damental by Raul Barreneche - 06/01/2008
A recent spate of cookbooks tries to get children to eat their fruit and vegetables by disguising them in well loved foods. Take The Sneaky Chef, with its recipes for Covert Quesadillas, hiding sweet potatoes and carrots; Barbell Burgers, surreptitiously containing spinach and oat bran; and other deceptively healthy meals.
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Learning Curves by Raul Barreneche - 01/01/2008
Imagine children being able to call Central Park their schoolyard. The fortunate graduates of the Escola Artur Martorell in Badalona, Spain—the town immediately north of Barcelona—can claim a setting just as idyllic. Founded in 1969, the public elementary school originally made its home in a pair of repurposed colonial-style manses surrounded by date palms, cedars, and bougainvillea...
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A Heavenly Light Peter O'Brien - 12/01/2007
Stained glass carries the weight of a 1,000-year history. Think back toChartres Cathedral, then up to Louis Comfort Tiffany, Frank Lloyd Wright, even Gerhard Richter. Still, glass artist Sarah Hall has managed to make her unique mark with True North/Lux Nova, installed in a triangular ventilationtower for the underground theology library that Clive Grout Architect and Walter Francl Architect ...
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Elliott + Associates Architects Deborah Wilk - 12/01/2007
Sure, education is part of the mission of most museums—along with conservation, appreciation, and the flaunting of civic pride. But Interior Design Hall of Fame member Rand Elliott scores an A+ for conceiving an entire museum as an educational tool. Inside a 1927 neoclassical mansion, Elliott developed what he calls his Bookends concept, juxtaposing old and new to tell his native state's ...
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