Articles by Joann Gonchar, FAIA

Newsmaker: Marsha Maytum on the Architect as Advocate

March 2, 2023

The founder of San Francisco's Leddy, Maytum, Stacy Architects addresses issues ranging from social inequity to the climate crisis.

SOM Integrates a City Office Building into San Francisco's Urban Fabric

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

March 1, 2023

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The product of a public-private partnership, a 16-story municipal office building remakes a corner of the city.

In a New York Office Building, Loisos + Ubbelohde’s Fiber-Optic Sculpture Glows with the Light of the Sun

The solar-powered 'Light Fall' illuminates the interior stairwell of a company’s East Coast headquarters

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

February 20, 2023

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The 208-foot-long light sculpture extends through the 15-story space, illuminating it with sunlight captured from the roof—not electricity.

3XN’s Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney Transforms and Expands an Outmoded 1970s Skyscraper

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

February 1, 2023

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In reinventing an aging Sydney office tower, the Danish firm offers an alternative to demolition.

SANAA’s New Sydney Landmark at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

January 10, 2023

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The reimagined Art Gallery of New South Wales incorporates cascading glass pavilions and World War II-era bunkers.

Mass Timber on the Rise

Continuing Education

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

September 1, 2022

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Designers look to wood to help tackle the climate crisis, pushing the material to new limits.

New Startup Aims to Upend Housing Design and Construction

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

July 29, 2022

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Designed in collaboration with Ennead Architects, Juno’s first apartment building heads toward completion in Austin.

Climate-Smart Shelter

Housing Case Studies

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

Pansy Schulman

June 1, 2022

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RECORD looks at housing that addresses global warming and occupant well-being.

Climate Policy That Aims to Make It Right

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

June 1, 2022

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Federal and local governments take on carbon emissions and a long legacy of racial and social inequities.

Studio Gang’s Gilder Center Materializes at the American Museum of Natural History

A canyon-like atrium built of shotcrete highlights the long-awaited expansion

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

March 29, 2022

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The $431-million project will reshape how visitors experience the famed Manhattan museum.

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