While the economy has stabilized in some regards, architects are still suffering. Just when it seemed that the architecture industry might be pulling out of its tailspin, some key economic indicators are suggesting that a recovery might take longer than expected. Related Links :Karlsberger Shuttered Top 250 Firms: Titans Maintain Lead While Industry Suffers Downward Slide for ABI Recession & Recovery The Architecture Billings Index, a measure of the industry’s health compiled by the American Institute of Architects, has dipped below 50 for three consecutive months, posting scores of 47.6 (April), 47.2 (May), and 46.3 (June). Those dips came after
Richard C. Halpern, a Chicago-based construction manager who oversaw numerous high-profile domestic and international building projects during a 50-year career, died July 3 of complications from cancer treatment in Houston. He was 78. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Halpern Richard Halpern As an executive at former building firm Morse Diesel, Halpern managed the construction of the Sears Tower, the world’s tallest building when it opened in 1974. He was among three executives cited by ENR in 1974 for their roles in the landmark project, which included the industry’s first major effort to recruit minorities into its workforce. In 1976, Halpern co-founded
Image courtesy Carlos Zapata Studio and EE&K, a Perkins Eastman company In Ho Chi Minh City, Carlos Zapata Studio and EE&K (now owned by Perkins Eastman) are working on a 7.5 million-square-foot development dubbed Ma Lang Center. It might have been unthinkable as a place to do business just a few decades ago, when half of the country was at war with the United States. It doesn’t have the resources of China, its booming neighbor to the north. And its communist government might not appeal to citizens from capitalist nations. But quietly, Vietnam has in recent years become a hot
Photo courtesy HOK Work recently resumed on the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Headquarters in Riverdale, Maryland. Completion is slated for July 2012. Related Links Top 250 Firms Foster’s Half-Built Harmon Beyond Repair By this time next summer, the 800 employees currently working in the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s dreary, outdated headquarters will be moving into a bright and modern new home by HOK. It’s a long-anticipated move that some thought may never happen. Construction of the $66.2 million NOAA facility in Riverdale, Maryland resumed in April after work was halted in 2009. The 268,762-square-foot building, on 10 acres,
Image courtesy Cuningham Group Completed in 2009, the 1,240-acre Alpensia resort features 1,000 hotel rooms and facilities for winter sports, including a 15,000-seat ski jump stadium. Related Links: Beijing: 2008 Olympics London Zooming Toward 2012 Games Longevity Key to Vancouver Stadium Design Turin Basks in Post-Olympics Glow The decision this month to award Pyeonchang, South Korea the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics has put a spotlight on the U.S.-based architecture firm Cuningham Group. In 2004, the Minneapolis firm, which has an office in Seoul, was hired by a South Korean government agency to design a resort for a
Rather than putting their own projects on display, some design firms are using communal areas in their offices to stage art exhibitions throughout the year. Photo courtesy FXFOWLE Click on the button to see more images. When it comes to decorating their office walls, architects typically display images of their projects. But in the early days of Fox & Fowle (now FXFOWLE), the firm, launched in 1978, didn’t have any completed buildings to show off. So cofounder Bruce Fowle enlisted his artist friends to hang their work in his budding Midtown office. More than three decades later, FXFOWLE has built
Rather than putting their own projects on display, some design firms are using communal areas in their offices to stage art exhibitions throughout the year. Photo courtesy FXFOWLE Click on the button to see more images. When it comes to decorating their office walls, architects typically display images of their projects. But in the early days of Fox & Fowle (now FXFOWLE), the firm, launched in 1978, didn’t have any completed buildings to show off. So cofounder Bruce Fowle enlisted his artist friends to hang their work in his budding Midtown office. More than three decades later, FXFOWLE has built
The Barnes Foundation’s long and often contentious effort to relocate its highly regarded art collection to the Center City district in Philadelphia will reach a new milestone this weekend with the closure of its Merion, Pennsylvania galleries.
The Barnes Foundation’s long and often contentious effort to relocate its highly regarded art collection to the Center City district in Philadelphia will reach a new milestone this weekend with the closure of its Merion, Pennsylvania galleries.
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