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When Paul Schaerer joined USM in 1961, the Swiss metal manufacturer bore a strong resemblance to the company his grandfather originated in 1885, making metal architectural elements and products almost entirely manually. The younger Schaerer decided to set the company’s sights on the modern day, and he tapped architect Fritz Haller to help. Haller not…
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Fire ratings, performance codes and product specifying can bring on some of the most frustrating cha llenges to architects, taking time away from actual design and creating potential liability issues with every detail. Well known for its fiberglass material, roof shingles and insulation products, Owens Corning put serious thought into making this less appealing but hugely…
Essendon, Australia
Recent renovations to one of Westfield California’s flagship shopping centers, the Westfield Santa A nita, have transformed the classic Southern California mall into a more sophisticated and modern venue. Its major attraction — and new dynamic meeting place — is the mall’s 41,500-square-foot Center Court with soaring, exposed 80-foot ceilings. While this openness offered a dramatic…
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Richard Meier & Partners has released renderings for its 42-story residential tower in New York City. Situated on the East River just below the United Nations, 685 First Avenue will be the firm’s tallest New York structure to date. Proposed as a residential building, the tower will include 556 rental apartments along with a range…
In 1962, Boston was in trouble. Residents, manufacturers, and businesses were fleeing the city, leav ing behind acres of empty lots and boarded-up buildings. Residents needed a “new Boston,” and that year the city launched a rare open design competition in search of a new city hall that would symbolize—and help achieve—this rebirth. The two-stage, anonymous competition drew 256 entries, but in the end, the jury unanimously chose a bold, cutting-edge, and controversial design that was the work of “three young architects, two of them foreigners.” This concrete, Brutalist structure would become, David Dillon wrote, “one of the most remarkable debuts in American architectural history” and “arguably the great building of twentieth-century Boston,” according to Douglass Shand-Tucci’s definitive history, Built in Boston.
The Japanese architect’s drawings are the epitome of the restrained, minimalist style for which the king of concrete is renowned.