Songdo City defies crisis odds Nov 12, 2009
The firm's head, James von Klemperer, told Architectural Record this year that it boasted "everything ... That includes culture, health, education, commerce, and recreation." After decades struggling in the shadows of giant neighbors Japan and rising China, Korea believes the world will now come to it. "You know, by the middle of this century, this region [East Asia] will produce 40%" of the world's gross domestic product, says Hee Yhon Song, chairman of the Asia Development Institute. (Asia Times Online)
Botanist's green walls take plants to new level Oct 28, 2009
His best-known work is at the Musee du Quai Branly in Paris, where a three-story curving wall in the complex designed by Jean Nouvel was likened to a "furry animal" by Architectural Record magazine. The Drew School expansion will be Blanc's fifth and largest American creation, covering the streetside wall of a 14,500-square-foot assembly hall for the small high school campus at California and Broderick streets. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Wilmington brick company works on 'Best in Class' project Jul 13, 2009
Architectural firms from around North America enter their best work to be judged by a jury of their peers, and the Best In Class projects are featured in a special Brick In Architecture insert that goes into Architectural Record later this year. The BIA is the 75-year-old national trade association representing distributors and manufacturers of clay brick and suppliers of related products and services. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
The 3 R's include renewable resources: Former resident combines architecture and green tech in his designs for schools May 12, 2009
He has been featured in many Seattle and national publications such as Architectural Record and Business Week. He has also presented many seminars on school design, emphasizing green technology. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
McGraw-Hill Construction's Robert Ivy, Architectural Record, and Engineering News-Record Win Crain Award, Min's Best of the Web, and 7 Neal Awards Mar 20, 2009
Architectural Record's Editor-in-Chief Robert Ivy was also honored as ABM's at the awards event in New York, and was named for Editorial Excellence in the B2B category earlier this week, adding to the numerous awards McGraw-Hill Construction has received lately ... Architectural Record received three Neal Awards for "Best Single Issue of a Magazine" for its November 2008 issue; "Best Website" for ArchitecturalRecord ... Architectural Record and ArchitecturalRecord. (PR Newswire)
Design Annex opens in Union Square and youre wanted there too Mar 17, 2009
The work has been featured in magazines and newspapers including Abitare, Global Architecture, Architecture, Architectural Record, Time, Dwell, Esquire, Progressive Architecture and the New York Times. He is author of Commonplaces, Thinking about an American Architecture, and has taught graduate design studios at the Yale School of Architecture, MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, the Graduate School of Design at Harvard, and Rhode Island School of Design among many others. (Somerville Journal, MA)
