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VOL. 21/NO. 5 OCTOBER 2008

Table of Contents

PROFILE
Refusing to be Typecast
Washington, DC-based Hartman-Cox Architects honors the rich complexity of historic buildings and brings an elegant perspective to contemporary structures. By Kim A. O'Connell

FEATURE
One Lot at a Time
Two professors at Notre Dame offer ten tools for redesigning communities, while avoiding boilerplate designs-in-a-box solutions. By Sallie Hood and Ron Sakal

RECENT PROJECTS
New Construction: Facing Forward
A new four-story addition to the Williams Research Center in New Orleans, LA, designed by Jahncke Architects, provides space for the organization's collection and is a tribute to the charm of the historic French Quarter.

Adaptive Reuse: Stable Condition
Mesick Cohen Wilson Baker Architects transforms Victorian quarters for horses and carriages into university classrooms and labs at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI.

Restoration: Kaleidoscopic Palette
Antunovich Associates restores the Nickerson Mansion/Richard H. Driehaus Museum in Chicago, IL, an eclectic 1883 mansion adapted to a philanthropist's vision.

Restoration: By the Book
Tappé Associates leads the revival of the venerable 1893 Pequot Library in Southport, CT, originally designed by Robert Henderson Robertson.

BOOK REVIEWS
Stuart the Athenian
Antiquities of Athens by James Stuart and Nicholas Revett
Reviewed by Thomas Gordon Smith, AIA

The Modern Movement
Preservation of Modern Architecture by Theodore H. M. Prudon, FAIA
Reviewed by Robert D. Loversidge, Jr., FAIA

Canal Stories
Canals by Robert J. Kapsch
Reviewed by Annabel Hsin

AWARDS
Vincent Scully Prize
The tenth annual Vincent Scully Prize goes to Robert A.M. Stern, FAIA.

ASLA Awards
The 2008 American Society of Landscape Architects Awards honor a broad range of projects and individuals.

THE FORUM
Finding Common Ground
By Mark Thaler, AIA

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