Architectural Record - 2009/05

Architectural Record May 2009
AIA Gold Medalist 2009: Glenn Murcutt

Features
• Minority Report: Minding the Gap
  • What are the hurdles that continue to impede diversity in architecture?
• Breakthroughs and Obstacles
  • Two writers survey the death of African-Americans in their profession.
• Marrying Content to Container
  • National Museum of African American History and Culture finalists.
• The Diversity Pipeline
  • Design-centered high schools help bring minorities to the field.
• AIA 2009 Honor Awards
• Gold Medal Award
• Architecture Awards
• Interiors Awards
• Urban Design Awards
• 25 Year Award
• Firm of the Year Award

Projects
• Office Buildings
• Gas Natural Headquarters, Spain
  • Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue
  • Rather than act as a beacon, a building pays tribute to the city around it.
• Comcast Center, Pennsylvania
  • Robert A.M. Stern Architects
  • Philadelphia?s tallest building brings a trim and tailored presence to the city.
• Merck Serono Headquarters, Switzerland
  • Murphy/Jahn
  • Knitting an ode to transparency into Geneva?s urban fabric.
• Shanghai World Financial Center, China
  • Kohn Pedersen Fox
  • A tower cuts through the skyline like a glittering life.

Architectural Technology

LEED Looks Ahead With an Ambitious Overhaul

• A rating system revamp is grounded in science and environmental benefit.

Lighting

Ofita, Spain

• King & Miranda Design

Cofra Group, New York City

• Perkins + Will

Dallas Center for Architecture, Texas

• Peter Doncaster, AIA, Booziotis & Co; Nicholas Marshall, AIA, nodesign; Garbriel Smith, AIA, Thomas Phifer & Partners

Lighting Products

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