Photo © Christian Richters At the Neues Museum in Berlin, David Chipperfield and Julian Harrap saw history as a series of layers, both old and new. Top architects are tackling historic buildings in surprising ways. By Jorge Otero-Pailos Preservation has returned to the center of architectural theory and practice, after languishing in the margins for over half a century. Just
Congratulations team! We received the Moses Award (The New York Landmarks Conservancy) for the Banner Building, the Conservancy’s highest honors for outstanding preservation efforts. The Awards ceremony will be at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West (an Award winner) on Wednesday, April 25, starting at 6:00pm, with a reception starting at around 7:00. Peg Breen, the Conservancy president, will make
Recipients of the 2011 National Preservation Awards include individuals and projects epitomizing … By Magazine Editors | From Preservation | November/December 2011 Pamela Bates Credit: Matt Teuten The Peter H. Brink Award for Individual Achievement: Pamela Bates, Lowell’s Boat Shop Pamela Bates grew up landlocked in Longmeadow, Mass. But as the daughter of an accomplished fly-fisherman, “I was always gravitating toward the
By Katie Frasier This article originally appeared in ENR Mountain States. During the past several years, the green building trend has soared, with an increase in government incentives and availability of affordable supplies driving a huge growth of U.S. Green Building Council LEED-certified buildings. With the LEED program ambitiously hoping to certify one million commercial buildings by 2020, it’s no
