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Beyond the Prototype

Continuing Education: 3-D Printing

Beyond the Prototype: Architects and designers take additive manufacturing to a new level.
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Joann Gonchar, FAIA
May 1, 2016
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Gutenberg’s introduction of movable type six centuries ago was a true revolution. The development forever altered the way information was received and disseminated, democratizing knowledge. Printing’s recent move beyond two dimensions could be similarly transformative.


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The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership

Continuing Education: The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability at Sandy Ground

Where Zero Is the Top Score: An ultra-energy-efficient building defines a new paradigm for New York’s schools.
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Joann Gonchar, FAIA
January 1, 2016
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The ambitious environmental agenda of a new elementary school by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) on Staten Island, New York, is obvious from the first encounter: almost 1,600 photovoltaic (PV) panels cloak the 68,000-sqare-foot, two-story structure, covering the south facade, extending over its roof, and cantilevering out to float above a playing field.


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Pearl River Tower

Pearl River Tower

Towering Ambition: The architects and engineers behind an office building in rapidly expanding Guangzhou put super green before supertall.
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Joann Gonchar, FAIA
March 16, 2014
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In the realm of supertall skyscrapers, the recently completed Pearl River Tower (PRT) in Guangzhou, China, isn't that tall.


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United States Consulate General, Guangzhou

Diplomatic Position: In the midst of the visual hubbub of China's third-largest city, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill creates an understated ensemble of buildings for the U.S. Consulate General.
Clare Jacobson
March 16, 2014
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Diplomatic Position: In the midst of the visual hubbub of China's third-largest city, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill creates an understated ensemble of buildings for the U.S. Consulate General. The U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou, China, makes only the quietest of claims within the city's noisy new business district. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), its seven low-rise buildings—offices, screening facilities, a warehouse, and a residence for Marines—dot a 7.4-acre site in the burgeoning Pearl River New Town. Zaha Hadid's opera house lies catercorner to it, and Wilkinson Eyre's supertall IFC Guangzhou and KPF's soon-to-be-supertaller CTF Guangzhou are close by.


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