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CONTENTS JUNE 2022
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ON THE COVER In Prague, the glazed exterior of the Borislavka Center by Aulík Fišer Architekti provides an admiring mirror for Aerial, a monumental concrete sculpture by CzechArgentinian artist Federico Díaz. Photography: BoysPlayNice.
features 108 CRYSTAL PALACE by Peter Webster
The dramatically faceted glass facades of the Bořislavka Center by Aulík Fišer Architekti reflect Prague, old and new. 116 ALL ABOARD by Rebecca Dalzell
For the Atlanta head quarters of freight rail operator Norfolk Southern, HOK helped consolidate thousands of employees into one streamlined, amenities-fueled workplace. 126 ROSETTA STONES by Joseph Giovannini
At the Narbo Via Museum in Narbonne, France, Foster + Partners translates one great architectural language, classicism, into another, modernism.
134 CLASS ACTS by Peter Webster
From Switzerland to China, architects and designers are creating educational facilities that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are intellectually stimulating. 144 POWER TOWERS by Laura Fisher Kaiser
In LSM’s Washington office for eminent legal firm Paul Hastings, a pair of tall sculpture installations evoke and defy the laws of logic. 152 MEET THE PRESS by Michael Lassell
Vintage printing machin ery enlivens new offices for Square and Cash App in St. Louis, housed in a former newspaper building renovated by CannonDesign.
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walkthrough 59 COME TO BED by Fred A. Bernstein
iida awards 65 BOLD STROKES by Wilson Barlow, Edie Cohen, Lisa Di Venuta, and Joseph Giovannini
departments 31 HEADLINERS 35 DESIGNWIRE by Annie Block 42 BLIPS by Georgina McWhirter 46 PINUPS by Annie Block 53 CREATIVE VOICES Return Engagement by Giovanna Dunmall
Through reuse and recycling, architect Mario Cucinella preaches sustainability— and practices it, too. 85 MARKET by Rebecca Thienes, Georgina McWhirter, and Carlene Olsen 103 CENTERFOLD Natural Wonder by Wilson Barlow
Using local pine, Luo Studio transformed a warehouse into a medicinal-plant mecca, simultaneously building green and revitalizing industry in Jiaozuo, China. 197 BOOKS by Stanley Abercrombie 198 CONTACTS 203 INTERVENTION by Athena Waligore
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