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Guiding Light
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Delta Air Lines Terminal A, Boston
Logan International Airport in Boston currently ranks 20th in the nation in passenger volume, according to its website, and in the mid-1990s it initiated a modernization project, mainly to improve roadways and terminals. To that end, the airport and Delta Air Lines wanted to create “a terminal to...
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A Healthy Glow
SmithGroup's YMCA design energizes downtown Detroit.
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Rustic Minimalism
An Illinois barn is given new life and light as an architectural retreat.
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Skanska at Alley24, Seattle
When the Seattle office of Skanska—a global company with expertise in construction and project development—decided to move its operations from its previous home of 30 years, a traditionally styled office interior with limited daylight exposure, its principals knew they wanted an energy-efficient...
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The Science and Art of Light
Architecture today often is praised for its tectonics, floating volumes, and sensational, gravity-defying stunts of “starchitecture.” Yet, very so often there is a building that inspires descriptions of the sublime, the experiential, and the power of light and architecture to transcend our...
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Sculpting with Light
Some projects simply include lighting in their design, others root light in their core. The Bloch Building, the new addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, is one such project.
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Shore Thing
Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park brings art to the public realm in a dynamic integration of landscape, architecture, and urban design.
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Amazing Glass: Part One
This is the first in a three-part series about the most important light-managing medium, glass. Part one examines conventional building glass, particularly as it affects daylight and daylighting; part two will look into glass as a medium for lighting and lighting effects; and part three will...
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Postscript