Project Specs Aurillac multipurpose hall Aurillac, France Brisac Gonzalez Architects << Return to article the People Architect Brisac Gonzalez 7 Bermondsey Exchange 179–181 Bermondsey Street London SE1 3UW United Kingdom ph: +44 (0)20 7378 7787 fx: +44 (0)20 7378 7796 www.brisacgonzalez.com Directors in charge: Cécile Brisac, Edgar Gonzalez Project team: Olivier Herman, Christopher Pfiffner, Margarita Bescos, Fumiko Kato, Henrike Rabe, João Baptista, Nicolas Ecrepont, Tea Puric, Afroditi Kirmi, Aitor Albo, Jean Dumas, Gerd Wetzel, Anke Schulz, Franck Quintanel Structure VP Green 115, rue du Bac 75007 Paris France Civil engineer SERALP Agence Auvergne ZAC de Pacheroux 6, avenue Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Project Specs Nokia Theatre Los Angeles, California ELS Architecture and Urban Design << Return to article the People Owner Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) 1100 South Flower Street Suite 3200 Los Angeles, CA 90015 www.aegworldwide.com Architect ELS Architecture and Urban Design 2040 Addison Street Berkeley, CA 94704 ph: 510.549.2929 fx: 510.843.3304 www.elsarch.com Design team: Bruce Bullman, AIA, Kurt Schindler, AIA, Barry Elbasani, FAIA, Jeff Zieba, AIA, Connie Nitta Curtis, AIA Interior designer ELS/AEG Structural engineer John A. Martin & Associates 950 S. Grand Avenue 4th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90015 www.johnmartin.com Mechanical D/B engineer ACCO Engineered Systems 6265 San Fernando Road
The death toll from Cyclone Nargis, the storm and corresponding tidal surge that struck Myanmar last weekend, continues to climb. An initial estimate of 350 fatalities has risen sharply, with some now projecting 100,000 dead. Approximately one million people are homeless, hunger and disease are threatening survivors, and the city of Yangon, the country’s commercial capital, is littered with debris and lacks electricity. In addition, the government is blocking most international aid, according to news reports. As the situation appears increasingly dire, the San Francisco–based Architecture for Humanity (AFH) already has mobilized its forces to help disaster victims. As of
This Sunday, May 4, marks the one-year anniversary of the EF-5 tornado that destroyed most of Greensburg, Kansas. As part of a town-wide green initiative, students from the state’s two architecture schools are lending a hand in helping residents rebuild using sustainable design principles and techniques.
In Palm Springs, California, it’s 1956 again: Real estate developer Maxx Livingstone is replicating the decades-old residential designs of William Krisel, AIA. During the 1950s, the architect and his former partner Dan Palmer worked with Alexander Construction to build 2,500 post-and-beam tract houses. That collaboration doubled the city’s size and produced weekend-getaway residences that helped define its accessible, Modernist identity. Robert Parker, director of Prudential Palm Springs’s architectural division, says that a growing number of purchasers are restoring these so-called “Alexander homes” to their original look—and that authentic examples are withstanding downward-facing sales trends. “The real estate market obviously has
Nilay Oza, a project architect for the well-known Houses at Sagaponac, in the Hamptons on Long Island, has found that real estate developers want to emulate this Modernist enclave. “I advise people about economies of scale, and finding constants between different designs,” he says of phone calls he’s fielded from throughout the U.S.
Project Specs BMW Welt restaurants Munich, Germany FG Stijl << Return to article the People Interior designer FG Stijl Veemkade 396 1019 HE Amsterdam Netherlands ph: +31 (0)20 419 02 64 fx: +31 (0)20 419 03 80 www.fgstijl.nl Lead designers: Colin Finnegan, Gerard Glintmeijer Photographer James Stokes +31(0)6 18522 202 General contractor Interna Group www.interna.it the Products Cabinetry and custom woodwork Interna Group www.interna.it Leather paneling Walter Knoll Leather www.walterknoll.de Velvet paneling Lelievre Paris www.lelievre.eu Carpet Casalis www.casalis.be Raised flooring Interna Group www.interna.it