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HOK Sport Breaks Away from Parent Company

September 8, 2008

HOK Sport Venue Event, a major sports facility design firm based in Kansas City, will split from its parent, HOK Group Inc., following a company buyout by a management team. The deal, announced August 28, will be completed by early 2009 with HOK Sport acquiring a new brand name. The firm has been part of HOK Group for 25 years, although it has been a wholly owned subsidiary since 2000. The split involves HOK Sport’ 10 top managers buying the value of their firm’s stock from HOK Group. “This is a logical step that will free all of us to

AIA Requires Sustainability in Continuing Education

Allyson Wendt

September 4, 2008

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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced that starting in January 2009 it will require its members to complete four hours per year of continuing education focused on sustainable design, constituting half of the eight hours required for topics in health, safety, and welfare. The requirement will remain in place until 2012, when it will be reevaluated. The organization now faces the task of vetting its existing courses to determine whether they will count toward the new requirements. According to Thomas Lowther, senior director of continuing education systems, AIA has decided on four broad thresholds by which to judge

Yale Taps Stern for Major Project

C. J. Hughes

September 4, 2008

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To design the first new residential colleges at Yale University since 1963, the Ivy League school has turned within its own ranks. Class of 1965 alumni Robert A.M. Stern, FAIA, who also is the current dean of the Yale School of Architecture, was selected for the job, university officials announced today. His New York-based firm, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, is known for its expertise in the design of buildings that honor stylistic precedent, particularly in academic settings. The two buildings Stern is designing for Yale will add 460,000 square feet of space to the New Haven, Connecticut, campus, which has

Gehry Designs First Big Project For Toronto, His Hometown

C. J. Hughes

September 3, 2008

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With the recent installation of limestone floors and Douglas fir walls, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is wrapping up a top-to-bottom, four-year redesign by Frank Gehry, who spent much of his childhood just streets away from the Toronto museum. It also marks yet another instance of the city using attention-grabbing architecture to lure visitors to its cultural institutions.

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.

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

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.’

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

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.

Despite Its Diminutive Stature, Singapore Booms

Robert Such

August 20, 2008

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Singapore might be the smallest country in Southeast Asia, but that isn’t stopping the 272-square-mile city-state from trying to become a big player in the global financial marketplace.

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