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An audacious plan is under way to build as many as 24 new schools in key markets across the U.S. solely through corporate funding, donated materials and volunteer labor. Stantec architect Annette Zacherson designed the project to maximize natural light through clerestory windows. Images courtesy Stantec / Cause and Effect Evolutions Shaded light wells and outdoor screens are a major feature of the school design. Related Links: Sustainable Solutions: Green Schools Movement Gaining Steam Dubbed the Green Schoolhouse Series, the idea sprung from father-and-son team Marshall and Jeff Zotara, co-founders of Cause and Effect Evolutions, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based firm acting

"Everybody who donates the components wants them to be their showcase products," says Alex Bertolini, project manager with the Phoenix office of Hensel Phelps Construction Co., the first schoolhouse's general contractor. "We get to play with the newest and most interesting systems out there." But it also means altering the typical project flow. "A company wanted to showcase a chilled-beam system—a totally different type of air-conditioning system than what you would find in a typical structure," he says. "All of a sudden the design needed to change to match what product [was] being offered." MEP engineer Heideman Associates, St. Louis,

The architecture and design profession lost many notable figures in 2011. We profile some of the leading minds who left an enduring mark on the community and the world at large. Post tributes to these innovators and others who passed away this year in the comment section below. Ray Anderson Photo courtesy Interface Flor Ray Anderson, the founder and chairman of Interface who passionately advocated the business case for sustainability, died at his Atlanta home on August 8 after a 20-month-long battle with liver cancer. He was 77 years old. Born in Georgia, Anderson founded his company in 1973, producing

Cornell University and its partner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, have won New York City's competition to build a $2-billion-plus applied sciences campus on Roosevelt Island, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced December 19. The partnership team beat out seven other bidders for the mayor's Applied Sciences NYC initiative, launched last winter, which aims to build or expand a state-of-the-art engineering and applied sciences campus in the city. Rendering Courtesy of Cornell University The announcement follows Cornell’s news last week of a $350-million donation made to support the project. Cornell did not initially release the source of the donation, however, it recently confirmed

Photo courtesy Rob Pyatt The students will build the first four homes on this site, located on the OLC campus in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Related Links: Design Build Bluff Teaching by Example The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, in South Dakota, home to an estimated 40,000 members of the Oglala Sioux tribe, is one of the poorest areas in the country. The unemployment rate is well above 80 percent, and an astonishing 97 percent of the population lives below the federal poverty line. Many of the houses on the reservation are considered substandard and lack basic water and sewage

Walking through HafenCity, it’s difficult to imagine the grungy shipbuilding yards and warehouses that once dominated the area.

Village Health Works. Click on the slide show button to view additional images. Related Links: Rwanda: Butaro Hospital by MASS Design Group Burkina Faso: Secondary School by Francis K'r' Profile: Luyanda Mpahlwa of MMA Architects South Africa's Golden BowlsSpecial Coverage: Humanitarian Design In Kigutu, Burundi, New York architect Louise Braverman is helping bring modern health services to an impoverished area. Working with the nonprofit organization Village Health Works, Braverman has designed a master plan for an existing 40-acre medical campus, in which she plans to add a number of facilities, including a staff residential unit and women’s health pavilion. The

Photo ' 2011 Marcus Lam Once speeding ahead with major projects, Abu Dhabi has slowed development in recent months. Related Links: While Dubai Stumbles, Abu Dhabi Marches On Saadiyat Island Projects Finally Moving Forward KPF Tapped for Abu Dhabi Airport Expansion Masdar Institute by Foster + Partners Yas Hotel by Asymptote Architecture Eighteen months ago, Ross Ensor at Leo A Daly described the business climate in Abu Dhabi as “a bit like the California Gold Rush.” Backed by oil prices at relatively high levels, the capital of the United Arab Emirates had embarked on an ambitious program of new developments,

Photo courtesy First Run Features The DVD version of Eames: The Architect and the Painter was released on December 13. Photo courtesy First Run Features Ray Eames with an early prototype of The Toy, made of cardboard triangles. Related Links: Stamps Commemorate Charles and Ray Eames Under the California Sun, Architecture Blossomed Even without footing in the design world, the name “Eames” is instantly recognizable. The Eames chair was such a game-changer when it was unveiled in 1956 that it has found a place—either literally or through designs it inspired—in countless homes and offices in the United States and around

Boston, Massachusetts The architect’s turquoise copper complement to the revered institution is set to open next month. Pre-patinated copper cladding wraps much of the new building. Narrow balconies wrapping the performance space afford views of musicians below as well as other concertgoers. Six weeks before its scheduled opening, Renzo Piano’s addition to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has entered the final stages of construction, and on a recent visit it bustled with workers applying finishes in advance of the January 19th debut. Connected to the back of the museum’s original building by a 50-foot glass walkway, the addition only slightly