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VOL. 24/NO. 6 December 2011
Table of Contents
PROFILE
Building on Historic Foundations
When John Milner Architects, Inc., brings its deep research and experience to a project,
the end result is that the new work looks like it's always been there.
By Gordon Bock
RECENT PROJECTS
National Treasure
Boston's African Meeting House has been restored to its 1855 condition by John G.
Waite Associates, Architects, and Shawmut Design and Construction.
By Nancy Berry
A Temple Rises Again
The Baptist Temple has been restored and adapted as a Performing Arts Center
in Philadelphia, thanks to a renovation by RMJM/Hillier and structural engineers
from Keast & Hood Co.
By JoAnn Greco
A Nourishing Tradition
The restoration and renovation of the historic St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in
Ann Arbor, MI, by Quinn Evans Architects included the addition of a new slate roof.
By Lynne Lavelle
Wish Fulfilled
The Mount Angel Abbey in St. Benedict, OR, finally got a bell tower. It was designed
by Soderstrom Architects to coordinate with the existing 1920s buildings.
By Annabel Hsin
SPECIAL REPORTS
Art Glass: Something Old, Something New, Something Blue
Femenella & Associates and Gil Studio put the finishing touch on NYC's Eldridge Street
Synagogue restoration with the replacement of the east window.
By Arthur Femenella
Decorative Painting: Journey to Rebirth
Leonard Porter has created 14 Stations of the Cross paintings for the 1960s Church of Christ
the King in New Vernon, NJ.
By Eve Kahn
Metal Roofing: Copper to the Rescue
The congregation of the Church of the Nativity in Huntsville, AL, decided on a copper
roof because of its beauty and longevity.
By Martha McDonald
BOOK REVIEWS
Deciphering the Library Code
The New York Public Library: The Architecture and Decoration of the Stephen A. Schwarzman
Building, by Henry Hope Reed and Francis Morrone, with photographs by Anne Day.
Reviewed by Clem Labine
A Photographic Story
Further Lane by Zak Powers, introduction by Paul Goldberger.
Reviewed by Eve M. Kahn
THE FORUM
The Twenty Acre Myth
By Duncan G. Stroik
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