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Students Master the Art of Building

Alanna Malone
September 2, 2008
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When Hurricane Hugo ravaged Charleston, South Carolina, in 1989, more than 4,000 historical buildings were severely damaged. Due to a dearth of traditionally trained workers in the United States, European craftsmen were brought in to restore the structures, many of which dated back to the early 1800s. Photos courtesy ACBA At the American College of Building Arts, students concentrate on one of six areas, such as stonework and masonry. Importing these types of experts may no longer be necessary. After getting licensed in 2004, the American College of Building Arts (ACBA), in Charleston, will graduate its first class next May.
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Universities Aim for 'A+' in Carbon Reductions

Elizabeth Lunday
August 29, 2008
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In October 2006, a handful of education leaders launched the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), an initiative that aims to make all campuses climate neutral. Of the 4,300 colleges and universities in the United States, more than 550 have signed on, from community colleges to Ivy League schools. Pledges come from all 50 states and Washington, D.C. “The diversity of the schools is incredible,” says co-organizer Lee Bodner, executive director of ecoAmerica, one of three organizations helping promote the initiative. The ACUPCC encourages general measures to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, such as pursuing LEED certification for new
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There Will Be Tacos, There Will Be Compost

Residents of the Bay Area have put a premium on good, healthy, sustainable food since Hippies began adhering to macrobiotic diets. This weekend, San Francisco will become the country’s undisputed capital of ‘slow food’—as in, the opposite of ‘fast food.’
Sebastian Howard
August 27, 2008
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This weekend, San Francisco will become the country’s undisputed capital of ‘slow food’—as in, the opposite of ‘fast food.’


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News Highlights of the Week: August 16 ' August 22, 2008

Jenna M. McKnight
August 22, 2008
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On Thursday, The New Haven Advocate published a scathing critique of a new addition to Paul Rudolph’s Art and Architecture Building (1963) at Yale. The addition was designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, whose principal, Charles Gwathmey, FAIA, received his M.Arch from Yale in 1962. “Not since the house fell on the Wicked Witch of the East has a work of architecture proven so damaging as the new art history center at Yale,” writes columnist Stephen Vincent Kobasa. The 87,000-square-foot addition, which contains the university’s art history department, is officially called the Jeffrey Loria Center for the History of
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Woo is First Architect to Win Ho-Am Prize

Elizabeth Zevallos
August 21, 2008
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Korean-American architect Kyu Sung Woo recently was named the winner of the 2008 Ho-Am Prize of the Arts. Often called the Korean Nobel, the Samsung-endowed prize is given each year to five ethnic Koreans, living at home or abroad, in the categories of science, engineering, medicine, community service, and the arts. Woo is the first architect to receive the award.


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Foster Tries Again in Upper Manhattan

Tim McKeough
August 18, 2008
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Correction appended August 19, 2008 After sparking opposition and getting sent back to the drafting tables in January 2007, Foster + Partners has returned with a dramatically different design for an addition to a 58-year-old building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The revamped proposal has placated some, but not all, of the project’s critics. Images courtesy Foster + Partners Company Foster + Partners recently unveiled a new design (top) for an addition to a 58-year-old building in Upper Manhattan after the first proposal (below) was rejected. The firm originally proposed erecting a 30-story elliptical glass tower atop the Parke-Bernet Gallery,
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Architecture Students Star in Reality TV Show

Liz Martin
August 18, 2008
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It was a longtime dream of producer/director Michael Selditch and screenwriter Stan Bertheaud to tie together the professions of film and architecture. Both men are trained as architects and met two decades ago in California while teaching studio at Woodbury University. After years of discussion, they finally are bringing their vision to the screen. Photos courtesy Tulane University This Wednesday, Aug. 20, the Sundance Channel will begin airing Architecture School, a six-part reality TV series about Tulane University students who design and build a low-income, single-family home in New Orleans. This Wednesday, Aug. 20, the Sundance Channel will begin airing
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Newsmaker: Jonathan L. Mallie

William Hanley
August 16, 2008
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Photo courtesy SHoP Architects “We’re basically focusing on digital integration services, but we could go as far as construction management advisory services,” says Jonathan Mallie of SHoP Construction, a newly founded spin-off of SHoP Architects. New York-based SHoP Architects made what might seem like a counterintuitive move early this month. The 12-year-old firm—best known for the meditative Hangil Book Hall (2004) in Seoul, South Korea, several high-profile New York residential projects, and still-shaking-out plans for Manhattan’s East River Waterfront and South Street Seaport—has decided to put itself at the forefront of the profession-wide push for greater design-build project integration, not
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