CONTENTS:
NEWS:
Charles Warren Callister,
1917–2008
Waterworld
Short List announced for newest SF bayfront development
Cheers, FrankGehry designing this summer’s Serpentine pavilion in London
Sustainable StanfordEnvironment and engineering building starts off University green kick
Pop Goes the Architecture
Storefront opens temporary LA space
Eavesdrop: Alissa Walker
Open: Exhibition
Open: RestaurantThomas The T. Rex Lab
Studio Visit: Michael Maltzan
Up on the RoofSFMOMA breaks ground on rooftop sculpture garden
Got WheelsNeutra’s Maxwell House to be saved by movers
House of the Issue: Abramson Teiger Architects
In Detail: GoogleplexGoogle with EI solutions
Group GreeningCoHousing approach facilitates state’s first LEED-Gold church
American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards 2008
AT DEADLINE
Americana At Brand Almost Reality
Architecture PHD at USC
Downtown LA Rents Stabilizing?
RedBuilding Headaches
Second Act
Dial-a-Spot
Orange Crush
RIP Livable Places
Prime Time Urban Funding
FEATURE:
Tinkering with History
When it comes to restoring midcentury masterpieces, it’s sometimes hard to know what’s best to leave alone—the house or the house owner.
Kimberly Stevens talks to both purists and pragmatists.
REVIEWS:
DIARY
The Local Touch
Lessons From Bernard Rudofsky
Greg Goldin
Miss Morgan’s BeautyJulia Morgan, Architect of Beauty
Greg Goldin
The Accidental Craftsman Minka: My Farmhouse in Japan
James Way
Spatial ExplorationCut: Revealing the Section
Glen Helfand
Q&A: Jane Ellison UsherTibby Rothman