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Hugo Boss Store

Matteo Thun illuminates a new concept for Hugo Boss in New York City.

Linda C. Lentz

February 19, 2009

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Milan-based architect Matteo Thun strives to “respect the soul of a place.”

Hugo Boss Store Lighting Projects

Linda C. Lentz

February 19, 2009

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Project Specs Hugo Boss Store New York, New York Matteo Thun & Partners << Return to article the People Architect Matteo Thun & Partners Via Appiani 9 I-20121 Milano/Italy Tel. 0039-02-655691-238 Fax 0039-02-6570646 Consultant(s) Lighting: AJ Weissbard General contractor: Callison 148 Lafayette Street 11th Floor New York, New York 10013 Tel. 1 212 354 9240 Fax. 1 212 354 9253 CAD system, project management, or other software used: Vectorworks the Products Interior finishes Cabinetwork and custom woodwork: Oldenburger Möbelwerkstätten GmbH Furnishings Reception furniture: Oldenburger Möbelwerkstätten GmbH Other furniture: Oldenburger Möbelwerkstätten GmbH Lighting Interior ambient lighting: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH Downlights:

Cathedral of Christ the Light

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's Craig Hartman explores immateriality and luminosity in Oakland's Cathedral of Christ the Light.

Suzanne Stephens

January 19, 2009

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It comes as a shock to discover one of the Bay Area’s most riveting examples of recent architecture is not the work of international highfliers imported to San Francisco and its environs to rev up the local landscape.

Suzanne Stephens

January 19, 2009

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Project Specs Cathedral of Christ the Light Oakland, California Skidmore, Owings & Merrill << Return to article the People Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP One Front Street, Suite 2400 San Francisco, CA 94111 415.981.1555 415.398.3214 Craig Hartman, FAIA: Design Partner Gene Schnair, FAIA: Managing Partner Mark Sarkisian, PE, SE: Structural Engineering Director Keith Boswell, AIA: Technical Director Raymond Kuca, AIA: Project Manager Patrick Daly, AIA: Senior Design Architect Peter Lee, PE, SE, and Eric Long, PE: Senior Structural Engineers Eric Keune, AIA; Lisa Gayle Finster, AIA; Christopher Kimball; Jane Lee; Christina Kyrillou; Elizabeth Valadez; Denise Hall Montgomery; Mariah Neilson;

C.V. Starr East Asian Library

Tod Williams and Billie Tsien unveil a quiet box full of surprises with the C.V. Starr East Asian Library.

Josephine Minutillo

January 19, 2009

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For decades, the University of California, Berkeley had a well-deserved reputation as a place for radical ideas and progressive culture.

Contemporary Jewish Museum

Daniel Libeskind superimposes the present on the past at the San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Sarah Amelar

January 19, 2009

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Daniel Libeskind, by happenstance or design, has practically become the official architect of Jewish museums worldwide, but that trajectory was near its beginning when he received the commission, in 1998, for San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM).

Contemporary Jewish Museum

Daniel Libeskind superimposes the present on the past at the San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Sarah Amelar

January 19, 2009

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The building relies not only on the sharp-edged diagonals—sometimes a shortcut to dynamism and architectural self-assertion—that have been a mainstay in Libeskind’s work, but also on abundant calligraphic symbols, some more convincing than others.

Contemporary Jewish Museum Project Portfolio

Sarah Amelar

January 19, 2009

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Project Specs Contemporary Jewish Museum San Francisco, California Studio Daniel Libeskind << Return to article the People Architect Studio Daniel Libeskind 2 Rector Street 19th Floor NY, NY 10006 Carla Swickerath, Michael Brown, Joe Rom, Michael Vanreusel, Sascha Manteufel, Omar Toro Architect of record: WRNS Studios Associate Architect(s): Sam Nunes, Principal in Charge George Klumb, Project Architect David Shiwotsuka Donna Gold Roberts Henrike Yama Melinda Rosenberg Interior Designer: JoAnne Powell, In-Design Engineer(s): Structural: ARUP (San Francisco); OLMM Consulting Mechanical and Plumbing: Ajmani & Pamidi Electrical: Silverman & Light Consultant(s) Lighting: Auerbach Glasow French Acoustical: Shen Milsom Wilke IT: Telecom Design

California Academy of Sciences

Renzo Piano designs a living, breathing building in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park for the California Academy of Sciences.

Clifford A. Pearson

January 19, 2009

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Renzo Piano calls his new building for the California Academy of Sciences a “soft machine.”

California Academy of Sciences

Renzo Piano designs a living, breathing building in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park for the California Academy of Sciences.

Clifford A. Pearson

January 19, 2009

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To support the expansive roof, RPBW designed a set of four masonry structures—one at each corner—incorporating two of the original academy’s Neoclassical limestone walls in the northeast structure and using poured concrete for the others.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 1 IIBEC CEH

Evaluate advanced PVC solutions that improve fire resistance, support WUI compliance, and enhance resilience in residential and commercial building design.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU

Upon course completion, participants will possess a deeper understanding of glass railings to help ensure that safety, aesthetic, and performance objectives are achieved.